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# [MAYOTTE] Port of Longoni: State Council Confirms End of DSP Concession on 1 September
- URL: https://businessoi.media/en/mayotte-port-de-longoni-le-conseil-detat-confirme-la-fin-de-la-dsp-au-1er-septembre-en/
- Published: 2026-07-24T02:46:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-24T02:46:09.000Z
- Description: The Conseil d'État confirms the end of the Longoni port concession on 1 September 2026. Mayotte's assembly voted to create a public port authority to take over this critical island infrastructure.
- Author: Emmanuel TAOCHY
- Tags: Économie, Investissement, Revue matinale, #en

The legal saga surrounding the port of Longoni has reached its conclusion: France's Conseil d'État has rejected the appeal by Mayotte Channel Gateway (MCG), definitively confirming the end of the port concession on **1 September 2026**. In 38 days, the only deep-water port infrastructure in Mayotte will change hands.

## From Revocation to a Public Authority

The process began when Mayotte's administrative tribunal revoked MCG's concession for serious breaches of contract. After a lengthy legal process, the administrative court of appeal upheld the termination, and the Conseil d'État has now closed the debate by rejecting MCG's final application. Meanwhile, Mayotte's assembly voted on **17 June 2026** to create a public port authority tasked with taking over operations from 1 September.

## A Critical Economic Issue

The port of Longoni is no ordinary infrastructure for Mayotte: it is the territory's **only deep-water port**, and the essential entry point for food imports, building materials, hydrocarbons and consumer goods. Any disruption to port supply chains immediately affects consumer prices and product availability across the island.

## Why It Matters

Creating a public authority is the institutional response chosen by Mayotte's elected officials. But this decision has not resolved all uncertainties: financing, governance and operational transfer of skills remain challenges ahead. Local economic players — shipping companies and importers foremost — are now waiting for concrete guarantees on operational continuity beyond 1 September.

For Indian Ocean regional operators, the episode highlights a broader issue: the fragility of strategic infrastructure in island territories and the need to anticipate port management models before crises impose themselves.