# Espoir Marine Terminal (CI ESP)

**UN/LOCODE:** CI ESP  
**Country:** Cote D'Ivoire  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 5.0500, -4.4500

Around 45,000 barrels of crude a day move through Espoir, an offshore production terminal in Block CI-26 some 32 nautical miles southwest of Abidjan — not a cargo or container port. The FPSO Espoir Ivoirien stores up to one million barrels and discharges to shuttle tankers at an open roadstead, while associated gas travels roughly 19 km ashore by subsea pipeline to power Abidjan. The terminal is operated by Canadian Natural Resources, Petroci and Tullow. There are no container, reefer, RoRo or breakbulk services and no commercial customs clearance here. Forwarders shipping to Côte d'Ivoire should route boxed and general cargo through Abidjan, and bulk or timber through San-Pédro.

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