Port Authority of Cotonou Headquarter ECTN Service Boulevard de la Marina BP 927 Cotonou, Bénin
As part of the new government reforms, the Council of Ministers of September 29, 2021, has decided to transfer the management of the Electronic Cargo Tracking Note or ECTN to the Port Authority of Cotonou, effective since 15 November 2021. Formerly managed by the National Council of Shippers of Benin, the ECTN is a trade facilitation document which allows the declaration of the goods from the port of embarkation, and is one of the compulsory documents for customs clearance of the goods. Except for floating cargoes, any cargo that arrives at the Port of Cotonou as final destination, without an issued and validated ECTN, cannot be customs cleared.
