PAD
Port Autonome de Douala
Former names : ONPC, Office National des Ports du Cameroun, PAD
PAD is Cameroon's principal seaport and the historic gateway for national trade and transit to Chad and the Central African Republic. Established in 1999 to replace the Office National des Ports du Cameroun, it handles roughly 13 million tonnes of cargo a year.
- Sector
- Transport and logistics
- Ownership
- State-owned
- Supervising ministry
- Ministry of Transport
- Founded
- 1999
- Head office
- Douala
- Official website
- www.pad.cm
Key facts
- Port traffic reached 12.92 million tonnes in 2024, up 6% from 12.19 million tonnes in 2023 (source: investir-au-cameroun, read 2026-09-04).
- In Q1 2025, traffic fell 6.9% year-on-year even as revenue rose 25.9% (source: investir-au-cameroun, read 2026-09-04).