Company profile
Société d'Exploitation du Transgabonais SA
Société d'Exploitation du Transgabonais SA (SETRAG) is a Gabon-based railway transport company operating as the sole concessionaire of the 648-kilometre Transgabonais line linking the port of Owendo, near Libreville, to Franceville in Haut-Ogooué Province. The Company's principal activities are freight haulage and passenger rail services across 24 stations in five of Gabon's nine provinces, operating under a concession granted in 2005 and subsequently extended. Freight comprises manganese ore for Comilog and third-party miners, timber, hydrocarbons, containers, cement and construction aggregates; passenger services run under a public-service obligation with state-set tariffs. SETRAG transported approximately 8.9 million tonnes of freight and 262,315 passengers in 2024, and the line carries about 52% of Gabon's non-oil exports.
- Sector
- Manufacturing and industrials / Railway
- Markets
- Gabon
- Founded
- 2003
- Ownership
- Private
- Stage
- Corporate
- Capital raised
- $393m
- Employees
- 500+
- Business model
- B2B Transactional, Rental/Leasing
Products and services
Train Express Trans-Ogooué, Train Omnibus L'Équateur, Manganese Ore Haulage, Timber & Log Freight, Hydrocarbon Tank-Wagon Transport, Container & Dry Port Services & Rail Capacity Access
Transactions
| Date | Transaction | Type | Value | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2026 | Proparco and IFC invest EUR 312 million in SETRAG for the Trans-Gabon Railway Modernisation Programme in Gabon | Infrastructure & Project Finance | $356.2m | Gabon |
Source: Partner Researchers.