PORTSIDE BENIN

Portside Benin started logical operations with trucking to Niger and an airfreight customs clearance

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The Portside Group welcomes a new addition to the family!

Portside Benin has recently opened its doors in Cotonou.

We are thrilled to announce the opening of our new subsidiary under the umbrella of PORTSIDE BENIN, in the land of the Dahomey Amazons. This expansion marks a significant milestone in our journey towards a better coverage of west Africa and providing comprehensive solutions tailored to meet the needs of our clients in the hinterland.

We effectively started our logistics operation with two projects; trucking to Niger and an airfreight customs clearance.

At Portside Benin, we are committed to upholding the same standards of excellence, reliability, and efficiency that you have come to expect from the Portside group. With our team of experienced professionals and state-of-the-art infrastructure, we are poised to deliver seamless and cost-effective services across all aspects of vessel agency and logistics management.

Portside Benin offers a wide range of services, including but not limited to:
Vessel agency including port clearance, berthing arrangements, and cargo handling.
Customized logistics solutions including customs clearance for efficient cargo movement and transportation.
Comprehensive documentation and regulatory compliance support.
24/7 operational support and customer service.

By expanding our operations, we aim to strengthen our presence in the logistics industry  in West Africa and better serve your evolving needs. Whether you require assistance with vessel operations, trucking, clearing and forwarding, cargo handling, or regulatory compliance, you can rely on Portside Benin to provide tailored solutions that streamline your operations and drive business success.

We support you to meet the customer's expectations

"This is the best news we have received since this shipment started! On behalf of our US team, I really want to thank you for handling this shipment so smoothly and quickly. The airline really caused a huge mess for us on this side with all their delays and tracking system issues. We were all very worried we would miss the customer’s delivery deadline. But thanks to your great work, we made it!” 

Victor C.

"I would like to echo Victor’s sentiments and express my thanks to you and your team at Portside for meeting the customer’s deadline. The odds were not in our favor, but with your support we were able to meet the customer’s expectations.

Congratulations on a job well done and we look forward to collaborating with you on future projects.” 

Vernon T.

This Amazon Monument aims to establish a strong identity symbol for Benin and consists of erecting an emblematic work in tribute to the Amazons of Dahomey.

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Benin's 30m-tall "Amazon" statue honours the women warriors of Dahomey

A short distance from the Marina Palace in Cotonou City stands a 30-metre-high monument called the Benin Amazone. It was unveiled this month and shows how proud this small West African country is of its history, which is slowly emerging from the ruins of colonial injustice and rewriting of history.

The small country in west Africa was once the centre of a powerful regional kingdom called the Kingdom of Dohamey. The country is becoming more and more eager to honour its historical heroes and heritage.

The statue, by a Chinese sculptor, Li Xiangqun, represents an Agoodie or Minon, a term that refers to members of a regional military corps entirely composed of women. Both admired and feared for their bravery, the Agoodie participated in most of the military campaigns the Dahome (or, ‘Danxome’) Kingdom waged against its enemies for nearly 200 years.

From modest beginnings as King Wegbaja‘s elephant hunters in the late 1600s, the women’s corp grew under Wegbaja’s son Agaja and were key to King Gezo‘s territorial expansion in the 1850s, when the kingdom expanded across most of what is today Nigeria. The group grew to about 6,000 people and was known for being fierce and cruel.

They were called the “Amazones du Dehomey” by the French colonial forces.

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