Lekki Port
- As of 02:22, Thursday, February 3, 2022 (UTC)
Lekki Deep Sea Port, currently under construction, is a multi-purpose, Deep Sea Port at the heart of the Lagos Free Trade Zone, projected to be one of the most modern ports in West Africa, offering enormous support to the burgeoning commercial operation across Nigeria and the entire West African region.
It is the largest seaport of Nigeria and one the biggest in west africa. Lekki port is to be expanded to have a capacity of handling around 6 million TEUs of containers and a significant volume of liquid and dry bulk uncontainerized cargoes. The port is to be equipped with ships able to transport over 14,500 containers.[1]
The port is being developed in phases. Its phase one, be operational in 2018, chiefly comprises it three container berths equipped to handle more than 1.8 million TEUs — one berth for dry bulk goods and two berths for liquid cargo.[2]
The port is financed by private investors and a consortium of banks who have funded the project with $1.5 billion so far. The seaport is to occupy up to 90 hectares of land.[3] It is expected to be completed in 2023 and operations to commence in the first half.[4][5]
Design[]
The layout of the port, including the layout of approach channel, turning circle and harbour basins has been derived from optimisations based on port operations, construction costs and possible future extensions.
Two different breakwater concepts were applied for the main breakwater: A rubble mound with geo-bag core for the near-shore sections and a composite breakwater for the more exposed sections.
The secondary breakwater was replaced by a barrier. The barrier consists of a core from sand, internally fortified by a protective geo-bag layer, a revetment on the harbour side and an artificial beach on the seaward side.[6] [7][8][9]
References[]
- ^ "Nigeria's $1.5bn Lekki Port to be complete "first quarter of 2023" - News - GCR". www.globalconstructionreview.com. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ Lekki Port web site
- ^ "Lekki deep seaport begins operations in 2023 - Investor | Premium Times Nigeria". 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Lekki deep seaport: Lagos secures $629m loan to fund project". Vanguard News. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Lekki deep seaport: Lagos deploys China $629m loan for execution of project -". Vanguard News. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ Design of Port@Lekki
- ^ Port at Lekki - Breakwater Tests
- ^ Port at Lekki - Master Presentation
- ^ Lekki Deep Sea Port Receives $1.5 Billion funding
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