Key Facilities

Port@Lekki will have a1,200m long quay and a container yard containing 13,700 grounds slots that will be further expanded to 15,000 ground slots. The general arrangement of the container storage and handling area, shall consist of a stacked container arrangement. The terminal with storage space that will be expanded across multiple warehouses progressively, is eventually envisaged to support up to 2.5 million TEUs. Besides other buildings for Administration, Labour Arrival, Gate Services and so on, utilities at the terminal will include:

• Electric power from dedicated power plant of 30 MW capacity plus 10MW emergency
• Potable water
• Storm water and sanitary waste water drainage
• Fire fighting system

Located on the western side of the container berths, the dry bulk terminal will be situated close to the turning circle. The berth length of 300m is sufficient to accommodate a Panamax size vessel (75,000 DWT).

The products to be handled as cargo will range from dry to hygroscopic products such as grains, raw sugar and fertilisers. The movement of the bulk cargo to the storage areas like silos and warehouses will be handled by covered conveyor systems, along a corridor of about 25 m. The facility is intended to handle around 2 million mt of dry bulk per year.

The Liquid Berth planned for Port@Lekki will be capable of servicing vessels up to the size of 45,000 DWT initially, with expansion plans in 2015, catering to an increase to a capacity of 160,000 DWT. Liquids like finished products (petrol, diesel) could be handled especially with a refinery being planned for in the adjoining free trade zone. The berth will be equipped with loading arms and connected by pipelines running along the breakwater to carry cargoes between the tank farm and the vessels.