Largest container vessel arrives Lekki seaport

The Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-olu among other stakeholders witnessed the arrival of the largest container vessel named “CMA CGM SCANDOLA” at Lekki deep seaport. 

 

Governor Sanwo-Olu, commended the management of Lekki Port, Lekki Freeport Terminal, and CMA CGM for this major feat in the Nigerian maritime industry and other achievements since the commissioning of this port. 

 

The ship has an overall length of 366 metres and width 51. 11 metres, can carry 14,000 twenty -foot equivalent units of containerized import. 

 

The ship, CMA CGM SCANDOLA,is an LNG-powered 14,812 TEUs container vessel, which berthed at the Lagos Lekki Deep Sea Port – Nigeria’s most modern and deepest seaport. 

 

The Lekki Deep Sea Port is the only port in Nigeria with the facilities to receive such large container vessels.

 

Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited (LPLEL) is a joint venture enterprise owned by Lekki Port Investment Holdings Inc (China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. and Tolaram); 75%, The Lagos State Government; 20% and the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA); 5%.

 

Tribune reported that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has taken trade facilitation a notch higher with the berthing at the Lekki Deep Seaport of the largest container carrier to sail on Nigerian territorial waters on Sunday 21st January 2024.

 

The vessel measuring 367M in length overall christened “Maersk Edirne” has a Breadth of 48.2 and carries a Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of 142,131metric tonnes and a Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) of 147,340 metric tonnes, constituting 3,376 total cargo onboard was navigated to safety by the highly experienced and thoroughly equipped Pilots of the NPA.