Chioma Anozie
6 November 2009
Lekki Port has announced the appointment of Louis Berger Group Inc., USA as their Project Management Consultant for the proposed Port@Lekki project, being developed within the Lagos Free Trade Zone.
Louis Berger Group is a global leader in port and marine project consultancy. Their scope of services includes preparation of terminal design, EPC contractor selection and supervision of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the facilities.
Port@Lekki is a unique and motivated initiative to set-up a large scale modern state-of-the-art multi purpose port in Nigeria with dedicated terminals for containers, dry bulk and liquids. The project would provide an efficient world class maritime gateway to Nigeria and would be developed in phases to meet the burgeoning trade to and from the country.
Commenting on the appointment, the Director of Finance of Lekki port, Mr. Kundan Sainani said, "The Louis Berger Group Inc is one of the largest planning and engineering consulting organisation in the world. They have provided port planning, economic studies and facility assessment to major port authorities in the world.
With this appointment, the progress of the project will be rapid and construction work will start as scheduled by mid 2010". We are doing everything possible to realize this strategic project within the stipulated time frame, Kundan concluded.
Port@Lekki is situated within the Lagos Free Trade Zone. It is a privately owned venture located approximately 60km east of the city of Lagos. In the first phase, which is expected to commence operations in 2013, the port would be equipped to handle up to two million TEUs together with two liquid berths and one berth for dry bulk cargo.
This would entail the development of a core marine infrastructure including a 1.5kilometer long breakwater, eight kilometer long approach channel with 19metre draught, a turning circle of 560m diameter and a 1500 metre quay wall. These facilities make Port@Lekki the first "deep water" port in West Africa which can accommodate container vessels up to 8,000 TEU and liquid bulk vessels up to 160,000 DWT.
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