Lekki Port

The Port at Lekki is a 21st-century built seaport of Lekki in Lagos State, Nigeria. It was built from 2015 to 2018. It is the largest seaport of Nigeria. Lekki is to be expanded to have a capacity of handling around 6 million TEUs of containers and a significant volume of liquid and dry bulk uncontainerized cargoes.

The port is being developed in phases. Its phase one, be operational in 2018, chiefly comprises it three container berths equipped to handle more than 1.8 million TEUs — one berth for dry bulk goods and two berths for liquid cargo.[1]

The port is financed by private investors and a consortium of banks who have funded the project with $1.5 billion so far.

Design

The layout of the port, including the layout of approach channel, turning circle and harbour basins has been derived from optimisations based on port operations, construction costs and possible future extensions.

Two different breakwater concepts were applied for the main breakwater: A rubble mound with geo-bag core for the near-shore sections and a composite breakwater for the more exposed sections.

The secondary breakwater was replaced by a barrier. The barrier consists of a core from sand, internally fortified by a protective geo-bag layer, a revetment on the harbour side and an artificial beach on the seaward side.[2] [3][4][5]

References
  1. Lekki Port web site
  2. Design of Port@Lekki
  3. Port at Lekki - Breakwater Tests
  4. Port at Lekki - Master Presentation
  5. Lekki Deep Sea Port Receives $1.5 Billion funding


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