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CMA CGM contracts to run Nigerian container terminal at Lekki
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FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM has contracted to operate the planned container terminal at Lekki Port, 40 miles from the old Nigerian capital of Lagos.
CMA CGM Terminals will be responsible for marketing, operations and maintenance of the terminal, reported American Shipper.
Terminal operations are to start at the end of 2020, and with its 16-metre depth, it will be able to handle 14,000-TEU, the Marseilles-based company said.
Terminal is to act as a transshipment hub to neighbouring West African like Togo and Benin, and reduce congestion at the Port of Lagos.
At full buildout, Lekki Port will be equipped with a container terminal, a liquid bulk terminal and a dry bulk terminal, reports American Shipper.
Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise (LPLE), a joint venture enterprise led by the Tolaram Group, the Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Ports Authority, is responsible for developing, building and operating the port.
LPLE had entered into a concession agreement with the Nigerian Port Authority in April 2011 for the rights to build and operate a deep-sea port in Ibeju Lekki.
"In 2017, China Harbour Engineering and Construction Company, our EPC contractor, started construction of the state of the art deepsea port. Right now, work is going on very satisfactorily on the construction of the breakwater," said LPLE chief executive Navin Nahata.
"In addition to this existing network, a number of new key road and bridge projects and expansion of existing highways are under development, connecting Lekki Port further into the hinterlands," he said.
CMA CGM Terminals will be responsible for marketing, operations and maintenance of the terminal, reported American Shipper.
Terminal operations are to start at the end of 2020, and with its 16-metre depth, it will be able to handle 14,000-TEU, the Marseilles-based company said.
Terminal is to act as a transshipment hub to neighbouring West African like Togo and Benin, and reduce congestion at the Port of Lagos.
At full buildout, Lekki Port will be equipped with a container terminal, a liquid bulk terminal and a dry bulk terminal, reports American Shipper.
Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise (LPLE), a joint venture enterprise led by the Tolaram Group, the Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Ports Authority, is responsible for developing, building and operating the port.
LPLE had entered into a concession agreement with the Nigerian Port Authority in April 2011 for the rights to build and operate a deep-sea port in Ibeju Lekki.
"In 2017, China Harbour Engineering and Construction Company, our EPC contractor, started construction of the state of the art deepsea port. Right now, work is going on very satisfactorily on the construction of the breakwater," said LPLE chief executive Navin Nahata.
"In addition to this existing network, a number of new key road and bridge projects and expansion of existing highways are under development, connecting Lekki Port further into the hinterlands," he said.