Nigeria looks to Singapore to foster ports

A five member team from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) were in Singapore earlier this year to study how the city state operates its world-class ports. The visit came in conjunction with an NPA agreement with the Sinagpore-based Tolaram Group to build and operate a port 60km east of Lagos, Nigeria. The 60-year old Tolaram Group which began with manufacturing businesses, is now looking towards infrastructure and energy sectors. Having been active in Nigeria since 1977, Tolaram has a sound understanding of the terrain there. “We have always been committed to the economic development of Nigeria and see this port as another opportunity to demonstrate our commitment,” said Tolaram Group director and md for Nigeria, Haresh Aswani.


When completed, Aswani said the Lekki port will be capable of servicing the entire West African coast. The port will be developed in phases with the first expected to be operational by 2015. It will have three container berths equipped to handle over 1.8 million TEUs, two liquid berths and one berth for dry bulk cargo. When fully completed, Lekki should be able to handle some 6 million TEUs as well as "significant volumes of liquid and dry bulk cargoes".
(Source:http://www.seatrade-asia.com)