Douala

The harbour

Douala is Cameroon's largest city and main port, built on the estuary of the Wouri River near the Bight of Biafra. It also serves as a gateway for landlocked Chad and the Central African Republic.

The port exports timber, cocoa, coffee and bananas, and handles containers, fuel and imported goods. It was the main centre of the German colony of Kamerun before the First World War.

Ships reach the port along a long dredged channel through the estuary, which constantly silts up. In clear weather sailors can see Mount Cameroon, West Africa's highest mountain, rising to the west.

Douala in PerpeNaval

Region

West Africa

Country

Cameroon

Position

3.95°N 9.65°E

Size in the game

a regional port (tier 1)

Fuel

about $250 a tonne at full stock

Trades

Grain, Machinery, Consumer goods, Steel, Wine, Coffee, Cocoa, Medicine

On the quay

warehouses

Waters

near pirate water: Gulf of Guinea

The album

stamp, postcard, leatherback turtle, talking drum

The nearest harbours by sea

Routed on the game's sea grid with the canals open, the way a ship sails it.

Lately at Douala