To work as a road haulier, you need a transport license issued by order of the local prefect. The license is individual, non-assignable, non-transferable and non-rentable. A carrier holding a road transport license may operate an indefinite number of vehicles in the authorized category.
However, anyone in possession of a license may only put a vehicle on the road once a blue card has been obtained for it. Applications for transport licenses must be submitted to the local land transport department. Cameroon has two types of transport license: ordinary and special.
Ordinary Transport Licenses in Cameroon
- Category 1 License
Urban and suburban passenger transport, using vehicles with a maximum of 10 seats, including the driver’s (common name: cab or minibus transport)
- Category 2 License
Intercity passenger transport by coach or bus with at least eleven (11) seats (common name: travel agency)
- Category 3 License
Road haulage of goods by vehicles with a permissible gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tonnes (common name: road haulage of dangerous and/or general cargo)
- Category 4 License
Mixed road transporter of passengers and goods using a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3.5 tonnes (GVWR) (common name: commercial road transporter)
Special Transport Licenses in Cameroon
- Special License S1
Urban transport by coach or bus (commonly known as “société de transport urbain”)
- Special License S2
Urban road transport by mototaxi (common name: mototaxi)
- Special License S3
Funeral carrier (common name: pompes funèbres)
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