D Group

Supply chain

From the pit to the ship

D Logistics & Port Services organises bulk mineral transport in Guinea: mining logistics, river and coastal transport, barge chartering and port services, for the supply chains of the mining and extractive industries. One chain, from the mine to the ship.

What the network makes available

Thirty-five barges and five cranes available for a shipment. We charter the vessel that suits the volume and the schedule, not the one that needs filling: an unavailable operator is replaced, it does not push back the campaign. The equipment belongs to the network’s operators, and the distinction matters to whoever finances, insures or audits a cargo.

River barge loaded with bauxite, three-quarter view
  • 35barges
  • 8,000 teach
  • 280,000 tper rotation
  • 5cranes

These figures are the network’s capacity, with every barge mobilised at once. What a campaign actually carries depends on draught, the rainy season and the port’s loading windows: that is the calculation we run before committing to a deadline.

Five trades, one chain

Together they cover the whole journey. Separately, each can be contracted on its own: take the full chain, or just the link you are missing.

  • Mining Logistics

    Organising the transport of ore, from the extraction site to the loading point.

  • Barge Chartering

    Mobilising river and coastal capacity from the partner network, to match volume and schedule.

  • Port Services

    Coordinating quayside operations: formalities, berthing windows, loading sequence.

  • Cargo Handling

    Loading, discharging and transferring bulk, with the network’s cranes.

  • Logistics Coordination

    The thread that ties mine, terminal, port and vessel together — and that warns when one link runs late.

The journey of a shipment

Four points, and as many places where a cargo can stop. Holding them together is the work.

  1. Mine

    The ore leaves the extraction site. This is where the pace of everything downstream is set.

  2. Terminal

    Haulage to the river loading point, and holding when the window is not open.

  3. Port

    Berthing, formalities, slots. It is the one point on the route nobody commands alone.

  4. Vessel

    Loading on board. Where responsibility passes, according to the Incoterm agreed in the contract.

Our role

To connect mining producers, logistics operators, terminals, ports and international buyers, so as to secure a supply chain that is reliable, competitive and optimised.

A shipment to organise?

Tell us where the cargo starts, where it must arrive and by when. We come back with a transport plan and a price.