Elisabeth Beton Delègue, Ambassador of France accredited to Haiti this week conducted a visit to the Terminal Varreux where the Bolloré Group plans to invest $40 million in the first phase of a major project port.

Recall that in 2012 the Consul General of the Republic of Haiti in New York, Mr. Charles Antoine Forbin, had traveled to Port-au-Prince with the delegation of Bolloré Africa Logistics Group https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5239-haiti-reconstructionbollore-africa-logistics-in-haiti-for-potential-investments-in-the-port-sector.html

Two years later, in November 2014, the Prime Minister of the time Laurent Lamothe met a member of the Executive of the French Bolloré Group which had announced an investment of 40 million US dollars in Haiti, in port facilities of Varreux terminal

In this development project of port facilities, more than 100 jobs will be created, the cost of transportation of imported goods will be reduced, with as direct impact, a reduction in the cost of living. Note that the Bolloré Group established in 1822, is among the 500 largest companies in the world. Leader in the development and management of port and rail transport infrastructure in the form of public private partnerships (PPP), the Bolloré Group has particularly led successful modernization of operations, expansion and management in 14 ports on the African continent.

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