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APM veut construire un méga-port au Nigeria

22/11/2012

crédits : APM TERMINALS

APM Terminals, filiale du groupe AP Moller Maersk, a dévoilé un projet de méga-port en eaux profondes sur la zone franche de Badagry, au Nigeria. Un projet de construction ex-nihilo qui sera un des plus gros en Afrique. 7 km de quais, 1000 hectares de zone portuaire, des installations de manutention pour les conteneurs, le vrac liquide et solide, le roulier et les colis lourds, une capacité d’accueil pour les navires offshore et un terminal fluvial. Une zone adjacente accueillera une usine thermique, une raffinerie, des magasins de stockage et une zone de distribution des conteneurs.

La première phase du projet doit débuter en 2016. APM Terminals est déjà très présent en Afrique et possède neuf terminaux en Afrique de l’Ouest. Au Nigeria, le groupe exploite le terminal de Lagos Apapa et celui d’Onne. Le terminal d’Apapa est actuellement le premier de l’Afrique de l’Ouest avec près de 720.000 EVP (Equivalent Vingt Pieds, taille standard du conteneur) traités en 2012. Le Nigeria, pays le plus peuplé d'Afrique, voit ses imports de conteneurs monter en flèche. Les analystes prévoient que la capacité portuaire sera dépassée en 2017. Le trafic annuel du pays devrait atteindre 10 millions d’EVP dans les trente prochaines années.



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APM wants to build a mega-port in Nigeria

22/11/2012


APM Terminals, a subsidiary of AP Moller Maersk, has unveiled a mega-project deepwater port on the free zone of Badagry, Nigeria. A construction project from scratch to be one of the largest in Africa. 7 km of quays area of 1000 hectares port handling facilities for containers, bulk liquid and solid, the ferry and heavy loads, a capacity for offshore vessels and river terminal. An adjacent host a thermal plant, a refinery, storage warehouses and distribution area containers.

The first phase of the project will begin in 2016. APM Terminals is already present in Africa and has nine terminals in West Africa. In Nigeria, the Group operates the terminal Lagos Apapa and Onne it. Apapa terminal is currently the largest of the West Africa with nearly 720,000 TEUs (Twenty Feet Equivalent, standard size container) treated in 2012. Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, saw its container imports soar. Analysts predict that port capacity will be exceeded in 2017. Annual traffic of the country is expected to reach 10 million TEUs in the next thirty years.

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APM Terminals Proposes New Nigerian Mega-Port Project

- Multi-purpose Badagry Port to include Free Trade Zone;
- Development consortium planning for 2016 opening.






Lagos, Nigeria – APM Terminals and its consortium partners have announced plans to develop a new greenfield mega-port project and Free Trade Zone at Badagry in Nigeria’s Lagos State, 55 km (34 miles) west of Apapa and the Port of Lagos on the Benin-Lagos Expressway. At full build-out, the deep-water full-service port will be one of the largest in Africa with 7 km of quay and 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) of dedicated yard, and will include state-of the art facilities for container, bulk, liquid bulk, Ro/Ro and general cargo as well as oil and gas operations support and a barge terminal. Plans for the adjoining Badagry Free Trade Zone will include a power plant, oil refinery, industrial park and warehousing and Inland Container Deport functions. The first phase of the project is scheduled to open in 2016.

“We are actively working with state and federal governments on the permission process” stated APM Terminals Africa-Middle East Regional CEO Peder Sondergaard, adding that “the Nigerian Ports Authority, Lagos State and the Nigerian federal Government have been supportive and positive”.

Earlier this year, Nigerian Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, cited the proposed Badagry Port project as an example of a public-private partnership development which would help to address congestion and establish Nigeria as a maritime trading hub for West and Central Africa during his keynote address at the 12th Maritime Seminar for Judges in Abuja in June. The Benin-Lagos Expressway is currently being upgraded to a 10-lane highway which will facilitate cargo movements to and from inland destinations in the region.

APM Terminals is currently one of the largest port and terminal operators in Africa, and in West Africa in particular, where APM Terminals Global Terminal Network include nine facilities in eight West African nations, including Apapa Container Terminal, and West Africa Container Terminal in Onne, Nigeria. APM Terminals Apapa, which assumed operations at Lagos’ Apapa Container Terminal in 2006, is now the busiest container terminal in West Africa, handling 600,000 TEUs in 2011, with throughput for 2012 projected to be 720,000 TEUs. Equally important, shipping lines and African shippers have seen significant improvements to supply chain reliability and cost savings.

Industry analysts have predicted that Nigerian container volume, which totaled 1.4 million TEUs in 2011, will outstrip existing port capacity by 2017. At present, approximately 85% of all Nigerian non-oil cargo passes through the Port of Lagos. Over the next three decades, Nigerian annual container traffic is expected to grow to 10 million TEUs.

With 170 million people, Nigeria is the largest country in Africa by population, and the 7th-largest worldwide. By 2050, the UN has forecast that Nigeria’s population will have risen to 289 million, following only India, China, the USA and Pakistan in global population ranking. Lagos is the 2nd-largest city in Africa (after Cairo) with a population of 10.2 million, and is home to an estimated 60% of Nigerian manufacturing. The Nigerian economy, the 2nd-largest in sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa, driven by oil exports, has been forecast by the International Monetary Fund to expand by 7.1% in 2012 and 6.7% in 2013.

The proposed Badagry Mega-Port project fits well into APM Terminals’ strategy of infrastructure development in targeted high-growth markets. Current new terminal and port expansion projects and investments include Moin, Costa Rica; Callao, Peru; Santos, Brazil; Ningbo, China and Poti, Georgia. The Badagry consortium partnership is comprised of APM Terminals, Orlean Invest, the Macquarie Group, Oando PLC, the Chagoury Group and Terminal Investment Limited. Support for the project has also been expressed by the Nigerian Ports Authority, and the Governor of Lagos State.

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