Onitsha inland container depot PPP project in Anambra

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The project involves the construction, financing, operation and maintenance of an inland container depot (ICD) at Onitsha, a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Nigeria's Anambra State. It is intended to facilitate better processing and handling of containerized cargo in the eastern axis of the Nigerian ports. Importers and exporters from the eastern axis will clear goods or cargo in the Onitsha ICD rather than the western ports in Lagos.The Onitsha ICD shall have a modular design, and the facility will have cargo handling and processing capacity for 5,000 TEUs per year, with modular capacity to grow to 20,000 TEUs subject to demand. The proposed ICD facility shall be comprised of a container stacking area, office complex for ICD administration and Customs employees, container freight station with an adjacent stuffing and stripping area that will also serve as a customs inspection zone, loading/unloading area for trucks carrying LCL-cargo, equipment parking area dedicated to maintenance and repair activities, and container interchange including a truck parking area outside the ICD boundary.The selected private partner will operate under a 25-year build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) concession.