6/13/2016

New port in Timor-Leste in operation within three years

Timor-Leste (East Timor) within the next three years will have a modern port in Tibar bay, 12 kilometres from the capital, Dili, according to a contract signed this week with Bolloré Ports. The port, which involves an investment of US$490 million, will have a dock 630 metres long and 15 metres deep, a container storage area covering 27 hectares and modern equipment including two ship-to-shore cranes and five cranes with rubber wheels.