Douala

Name: Douala
Address: Cameroon

Cameroon

CMDLA

Technical Data

Port Specifications

UNLOCODE: CMDLA
Port Type: General
Terminals: 6
Berth Count: 23
Max Draught: 14.5 m
Country: 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Conditions

Current Weather

Overview

About This Port

Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country's major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA). It is the commercial and economic capital of Cameroon and the entire CEMAC region comprising Gabon, Congo, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic and Cameroon. Consequently, it handles most of the country's major exports, such as oil, cocoa and coffee, timber, metals and fruits.

Location

Coordinates

4.0500°N, 9.6833°E

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Expected arrivals

1 inbound

Vessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals). Off port is steaming time at the vessel’s passage speed; alongside adds the wait this port has actually kept comparable ships for. Berth waits vary far more than they average, so read the queue as typical, not promised. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.

Vessel	Type	Distance	Speed	Off port	Alongside	Crew ETA
CUMBRIAN	Chemical Tanker	1762 nm	11.1 kn	19 Oct	19 Oct	·

Network

Connectivity & hub role

52.0/ 100

Regional hub227th of 350 covered ports

How central Douala sits in the sea-route network we cover: a connectivity score across navigable distances. A higher score means the port is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports, the maritime signature of a hub.

Directly routable to 349 other covered ports.

Best-connected ports

CMLimbe61 nm
GQMalabo75 nm
GAPort Gentil311 nm
TGLome582 nm
GHTema652 nm
CGPointe Noire670 nm
GHTakoradi725 nm
CDMatadi805 nm

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Method. A connectivity score across our own route network: a port reads higher when it is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports. The score is rescaled 0 to 100 within the snapshot, so the single most-connected port reads 100. Distances are Suez / Panama / Malacca-aware navigable sea miles.

Coverage. The route network spans the 350 largest commercial ports, so this ranks hubs within that covered network, not against every port on earth. The number is deterministic. No confidence grade is invented. Computed Oct 12, 2026.

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Vessel

Type

Distance

Speed

Off port

Alongside

Crew ETA

CUMBRIAN

Chemical Tanker

1762 nm

11.1 kn

19 Oct