Fertilizer Port Fact Sheet for the ECOWAS Region: Lagos, Nigeria
| Jurisdiction: | Lagos, Nigeria | |
| Date of acession | 2024-07-22T13:46:50Z | |
| Date of availability | 2024-07-22T13:46:50Z | |
| Date of issue | 2022 | |
| Abstract | The fertilizer port factsheet gives information about a port in Lagos, Nigeria. In infrastructural aspects, the factsheet covers dry bulk berths, maximum vessel capacity (7), maximum vessel draught (1.35 m), access to the mainland, which can be either by road, barge, or rail, competing ports (Cotonou), destination countries of transit goods (Benin, Niger, and Togo), and maximum bulb carriers (40,000 t). There are three storage areas suitable for fertilizer. In 2022 and 2023, a total of 118,993 and 212,916 t, respectively, were recorded. The optimal offloading rate is 3900 t/day. In operation aspects, bulk carrier berthing time is a maximum of 15 days and a minimum of 7. Road traffic is heavy. The average number of rainy days is 101, and the average charge for importing fertilizer is US $19.65/t. | |
| URL | https://hub.ifdc.org/handle/20.500.14297/3082 | |
| Language | en | |
| Subject | Fertilizers | |
| Title | Fertilizer Port Fact Sheet for the ECOWAS Region: Lagos, Nigeria |