Budd’s Abidjan office (Ivory Coast) reports that following discussions with the various port operators, the CFA Francs 2,000,000.00 (Euros 3,049.00) stowaway fines first introduced on 1 May 2016 will be reduced to CFA Frances 1,000,000.00 (Euros 1,524.50) per stowaway as of 15 June 2016.
The requirement that all vessels arriving directly in Abidjan from Tema produce a stowaway search certificate is maintained (see our previous articles on the subject).
The port circular announcing this reduction and our in-house translation are available below.
Trans Abidjan stowaway circ 2.pdf
Abidjan stowaway circ.pdf
Information provided by Mr André Kouadio, Budd CI
