{"id":10399,"date":"2025-11-05T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iff-ma.com\/renforcement-des-competences-ferroviaires-au-gabon-un-partenariat-prometteur-entre-liff-et-owendo-mineral-port-omp\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:38:50","slug":"renforcement-des-competences-ferroviaires-au-gabon-un-partenariat-prometteur-entre-liff-et-owendo-mineral-port-omp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iff-ma.com\/en\/renforcement-des-competences-ferroviaires-au-gabon-un-partenariat-prometteur-entre-liff-et-owendo-mineral-port-omp\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening railway skills in Gabon: a promising partnership between IFF and Owendo Mineral Port (OMP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the signing in April 2024 of a partnership agreement and memorandum of understanding between IFF  and Owendo Mineral Port (OMP), a process of development and skills transfer is underway as part of the project to restructure and modernise OMP&#8217;s railway operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The objectives are to develop the technical skills essential for ensuring the safe and efficient maintenance, repair and operation of rolling stock, in accordance with current railway standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iff-ma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d33dd04e-211d-433f-a844-5f1fa6878097-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iff-ma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d33dd04e-211d-433f-a844-5f1fa6878097-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iff-ma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d33dd04e-211d-433f-a844-5f1fa6878097-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iff-ma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d33dd04e-211d-433f-a844-5f1fa6878097-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iff-ma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d33dd04e-211d-433f-a844-5f1fa6878097-100x60.jpg 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