Promoter of the Lekki Deep Sea Port, Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise has stated that the Lekki Port will revolutionise maritime activities in Nigeria, noting that with the commissioning of the port recently by President Muhammadu Buhari, the port would facilitate trade volume growth and increase the Gross Domestic Product of the country.
He highlighted other benefits to include; improvement of external trade competitiveness through improved port efficiency, cost-effective port operations & services, and improved turnaround time for cargo handling and clearance, a reduction in delays in the supply of raw materials and equipment, as well as reduced costs of importations and charges such as demurrage, among others.
The CEO of Lekki Freeport Terminal, operated by CMA Terminals, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, Mr. Denrick Moos, highlighted that in addition to its state-of-the-art infrastructure, Lekki Port will become a new generation container terminal, a game changing infrastructure in Nigeria and West Africa, saying that the Port is Nigeria’s first deep sea port and is equipped with 13 quay cranes for a capacity of 2.5 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units on a 1.
Great but evacuation routes still need to be addressed to enjoy its full potentials otherwise it becomes another MMA Terminal 2 which was commissioned in 2022 but remains under-utilized due to an undersized apron - too small for international carriers and their planes.