Overview

Chinese Ministry of Defense provides grant for Government Wharf Slipway Construction Project (Linked to Record ID#62951 and #86459)

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 31, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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14 Wallace Johnson St, Freetown, Sierra Leone. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5032937

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

China Ministry of National Defense

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF)

Loan desecription

Chinese Ministry of Defense provides grant for Government Wharf Slipway Construction Project (Linked to Record ID#62951 and #86459)

Narrative

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Project narrative

In a speech delivered on February 18, 2019, Sierra’s Leone's President announced that grant funding from the Chinese Ministry of Defense to Sierra Leone's Armed Forces would be used to finance the enhancement of the Government Wharf in Freetown by constructing a dry-docking and a slipway facility. The current status of this project is unknown. The funding for the project is reportedly being drawn from an RMB 50 million military grant assistance agreement that the Chinese Government and the Government of Sierra Leone signed in March 2018 (captured via Record ID#62951).

Staff comments

1. According to the same February 18, 2019 speech, the remaining proceeds of the grant were to be used to refurbish Myohaung Officers Mess (as captured via Record ID#86459) and to refurbish a Hockey Pitch.