Société commerciale des transports et des ports

The Société Commerciale des Transports et des Ports (abbreviated as SCTP), formerly known as the Office d'Exploitation des Transports Coloniaux 1935–1959, then Office d'Exploitation des Transports au Congo 1960–1970, and Office National des Transports (ONATRA) 1971–2011, is a publicly owned company headquartered in Kinshasa, operating railways, ports, and inland barge transport in the north and west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo along the Congo River. Founded in 1935, Its main office is strategically located on Boulevard Du 30 Juin in the Gombe commune of Kinshasa.

History
The Office d'Exploitation des Transports Coloniaux (or "Colonial transport agency, OTRACO) was established in 1935 as a public body, and renamed the Office d'Exploitation des Transports au Congo (OTRACO) in 1960 following the country's independence, finally becoming the "Office National des Transports" (ONATRA) in 1971. In 1973, ONATRA transported a record high of 410,871 passengers. However, its monopoly was removed in 1977, allowing other individuals and companies to become shipowners. This led to a decline in passenger traffic, with only 121,779 passengers transported in 1982. The Second Congo War also blocked the Congo River beyond Mbandaka, leading to a halt in traffic.

In 2010, ONATRA was transformed into a limited liability joint-stock company and renamed Société Commerciale des Transports et des Ports. Its new statutes were registered on December 24, 2010.

2022 fire damages on the SCTP headquarters
On July 25, 2022, a conflagration of "unknown origin" beset a section of the edifice housing the SCTP's principal offices. While the exact cause of the fire remains enigmatic, reports from Ouragan suggest that the inferno erupted at 1:00 a.m. Actualite reported that the fire ravaged the windows and "unrecognizable sections of the imposing building." A contingent of firefighters quelled the flames, while police officers were deployed on the ground to cordon off the disaster scene.

Network
The network includes:
 * Matadi-Kinshasa Railway, under an agreement with the Congo Railroad Company;
 * Rivers and lakes network
 * From Boma to Banana (ferry Kalamu);
 * River Congo and Kasai River (and their tributaries);
 * Ports
 * Ocean ports of Matadi and Boma
 * River ports Kinshasa, Mbandaka and Kisangani