In which country is the port of Dakar?
Autonomous Port of Dakar Autonomous Port of Dakar The Autonomous Port of Dakar (French: "Port autonome de Dakar", abbreviation: "PAD") is a Senegalese public enterprise which is headquartered in Dakar, located in the east of city. Thanks to the strategic position that gives it a sheltered harbor, it is now the third largest port in West Africa after the Autonomous Port of Abidjan and the Port of Lagos It is also the ninth-largest port on the African continent. The port has one of the largest deep-water seaports along the West African coast. Its deep-draft structure and access channel allows round-the-clock access to the port.
Autonomous Port of Dakar the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation in Dakar in March 2008. Plans for new infrastructure - modernization of the site and the "future of the port", as stated by President Abdoulaye Wade - are scheduled for delivery by 2012. Total freight traffic averages 10 million metric tons. In 2006, the port's shipping traffic carried 9.9 million tons of goods. Source: World Bank; African Development Bank study on the transport sector The football (soccer) club ASC Port Autonome is named after port and the port co-owns the club. Autonomous Port of Dakar The Autonomous Port of Dakar (French: "Port autonome de