Following a call for tenders, Bolloré Transport & Logistics has been selected to transport six transformers out of the 18 planned.

From February 26 to March 30, 2022, Bolloré Transport & Logistics Benin teams transported six electrical transformers with a total weight of 464 tons for e equip several thermal power plants in Benin. This transaction was carried out on behalf of GE/GRID Solution, a local subsidiary of General Electric, as part of the Compact II program represented by the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA).

Shipped in containers from Turkey, this equipment was received at the port of Cotonou before being transported by road over a cumulative distance of 887 km. Of the six transformers, two were transported to the Vèdoko site and two others to the Maria-Gléta site while the last two models were each delivered to the sites of Bérécingou 700 km away and Bohicon in the zou department 135 km from the capital.