Maersk has opened a new 16,000‑square‑metre container depot in Kribi, Cameroon, deepening its land‑side logistics footprint around the country’s fast‑growing deep‑water port.
The facility, inaugurated on September 21, can store up to 1,500 TEU and is designed to ease bottlenecks, improve container availability and strengthen import and export flows for Cameroon and neighboring landlocked markets, according to Container News.
The Kribi depot offers specialized cargo handling, container storage and customs inspection and clearance services, while bringing a wider range of container types closer to shippers’ premises. It is equipped to handle refrigerated containers for temperature‑sensitive cargo and will also make food‑grade containers available, supporting agricultural and perishable exports from the region.
Customers can use Maersk’s digital booking, tracking and monitoring tools to gain greater visibility over their shipments, a capability the company says is central to building supply‑chain resilience in volatile markets.
Franck Dedenis, Maersk’s Managing Director for Area West Africa, said the investment reflects the group’s focus on land‑based infrastructure—building or modernizing terminals, expanding depots and adding warehousing where needed—to simplify and strengthen global supply chains “from factory to end consumer and from farm to fork”.
The Kribi site also provides flexible storage capacity and is expected to make empty‑container returns easier, potentially helping customers reduce detention and demurrage charges.
With the new facility, Maersk now operates eight company‑owned depots across West Africa, alongside more than 20 depots managed by third‑party partners. The Kribi addition lifts Maersk’s owned depot footprint in the region to roughly 166,000 square meters, while its third‑party network covers more than 280,000 square meters.
