Dobali deep-water port: first feasibility findings presented to Guinea's Ministry of Transport

On 19 May 2026 in Conakry, Mohamed Bakayoko, Secretary General of Guinea's Ministry of Transport, received a delegation led by Infraports Invest Guinée, the company developing the Dobali deep-water port. The delegation presented the first results of the project's feasibility work, including the bathymetric and economic studies.

Portus advises Infraports Invest Guinée on the project. Youssef Imghi took part in the presentation to the Ministry.

A port for the Boké mining corridor — and beyond it

Located in Guinea's north-west, Dobali is intended to strengthen the logistics chains carrying bauxite exports from the mining region of Boké. According to the presentation made to the Ministry, the design does not stop at mining: the port is planned to handle other categories of cargo and to bring together several logistics functions, so that an integrated ecosystem can develop around it.

• Feasibility and bathymetric studies completed, with preliminary economic work
• A full economic assessment is still to be carried out; the total investment required is not yet established
• Presented to the Ministry as one of the structuring projects of the Simandou 2040 programme
• Described by Mamady Kaba as regional infrastructure whose potential beneficiaries include Mali, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal

Portus analysis

A port of this kind is largely decided before anyone breaks ground. The bathymetry, the marine access, the available land and the economic case fix an envelope, and the phasing, the financing structure and the operating model all have to fit inside it afterwards. Studies at this stage are how that envelope gets drawn.

It is also where the corridor question opens. Dobali is being presented as regional infrastructure serving four countries, and that only holds if the road and rail behind it are planned at the same time as the quay.

Sources

• Presentation made to the Secretary General of Guinea's Ministry of Transport, Conakry, 19 May 2026
• Published coverage of the meeting by Agence Ecofin