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New ferry service connecting Gabon to Benin

Hi all, just thought I'd share with the world (if it's not already known) that there is now a monthly ferry/shipping service connecting Libreville in Gabon to contonou in Benin.

We are currently driving north along the west coast and had our Nigeria visas declined...after some detective work we finally found out about this service....only been running since march 2016 I believe.

We are shipping vehicle and us departing Libreville on Wednesday!! Expensive though!!

Atleast there is an option now to easily bypass Nigeria if all else fails with visas etc.

Happy travels

Danny
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Could you give us a name? Contact info? Schedule? A description? A price?
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Could you give us a name? Contact info? Schedule? A description? A price?
Shipping company is CNNII with headquarters in Cotonou, Benin I believe. Their office in Libreville is a small blue container/porter cabin in amongst the containers. No email address or website and the contact number is Aziz on +241 6148699. This is not at Port Mole, but the one a little further south close to the hotel Boulevard.

Carnet etc needs to be done at the major port a little further south again from here where the main big shipping port is.

Cost for 4x4 after a huge amount of haggling is cfa700,000 and per person is cfa80,000 (no cabin) or cfa110,000 for cabin. It's a 2 to 3 day voyage.

Departure dates are not reliable as we have found out today. We arrived to load up for tomorrow's departure only to be told that the tides are too low and the boat won't depart now till 04th august.

Happy to share more info if needed. Just let me know.
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