Follow Guinea Immigration and Bissau News: In early September, the newly appointed President of the Guinea-Bissau Maritime Port Association, Silva, stated that his top priority upon taking office is to restore the Guinea-Bissau channel signaling system.
At the inauguration ceremony that day, Silva emphasized that there are many dangerous obstacles such as reefs and shoals along the Geba River. Channel signals are navigational aids for safe vessel passage, and repairing channel buoy signal lights and port lighthouses is the most urgent task. Merchant ships often complain that Bissau port fees are expensive; in fact, the main reason is the lack of channel traffic signals. Many vessels have to wait for about 12 hours after entering Bissau waters before they can enter the port, incurring port charges. Calculated this way, the costs incurred from Dakar to Bissau are higher than those from France to Dakar.
