National maritime and port authority

Autorité Maritime et Portuaire du Burundi (AMPB)

Port engineers and public officials review an aerial plan of Bujumbura Port during the March 2026 climate-resilience workshop

UNDP Burundi / Francine Munyana; Bujumbura Port resilience-study workshop, not construction-progress evidence

AMPB is Burundi's current statutory maritime and port authority, created in March 2023 after the government decided to replace AMPF and separate rail regulation.

Organization overview

National maritime and port authority

Geographic footprint: Africa, Burundi, and Lake Tanganyika. Core marine roles: National maritime, inland-waterway and port authority, Bujumbura Port public owner and programme counterparty, Protective-dike, dredging, quay and marine-dock owner interface, and Live-port, vessel-access and navigation coordination authority.

Project records 1 Last reviewed 21 July 2026

Type

National maritime and port authority

Active regions

Africa, Burundi, Lake Tanganyika

Marine works roles

National maritime, inland-waterway and port authority, Bujumbura Port public owner and programme counterparty, Protective-dike, dredging, quay and marine-dock owner interface, Live-port, vessel-access and navigation coordination authority, Port-equipment, completed-asset and acceptance counterparty, Climate-resilience planning and long-term asset-custody interface

Role in marine infrastructure

AMPB is Burundi's current statutory maritime and port authority, created in March 2023 after the government decided to replace AMPF and separate rail regulation. At Bujumbura Port it is the current public owner-side counterparty for port governance, operating interfaces, asset acceptance and resilience planning; older project records still name AMPF.

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