Mayotte’s Departmental Council joins AIVP’s influential network

The Port of Mayotte, which was created by Prefectural order on 7 October 1992, is spread over several sites in different locations: Dzaoudzi, Longoni and Mamoudzou. In November 2009, the French State issued two orders appointing Mayotte’s Departmental Council (Conseil Départemental) to manage the Port facilities. On 13 November 2013, the Departmental Council awarded a public service concession contract to a private operator Mayotte Channel Gateway, to operate the commercial port. The sites concerned are the deep water port of Longoni (with a draught of 14 m), which has two docks and an oil and gas terminal. The concession covers the operation of Mayotte’s biggest commercial port, the pontoon for cruise passengers in the Mamoudzou roadstead, and the Badamiers delivery point in the Dzadoudzi roadstead on the island of Petite Terre, which is connected to oil pipelines. The two marinas in Mamoudzou…