Reefer bay R2 opens
Another 420 reefer plugs, for frozen fish, poultry and pharmaceuticals, with four checks a day.
Night gate discount
Slots from 22:00 to 05:00 now carry no surcharge and average a nine minute wait (example data).
A 3D scene at dusk: two tugs push the container ship MV Kola Meridian into Quay 3. Mooring lines go out, the crane booms lower over the deck, and the cranes start lifting containers onto the quay as you scroll.
NO.48
Cover story
- Four terminals, one gateContainers, bulk, vehicles and liquids at Lekki
- Who is alongside nowThe vessel board, every 15 minutes
- Find your box in ten secondsYard block, customs, charges
- Thirty one hoursHow a 9,200 TEU ship turns around
Tugs pushing her inAll fast at Quay 3Cranes working the baysYard filling, trucks rolling
She is in.
The quay never sleeps.
Scroll to watch MV Kola Meridian come into Lekki, tie up at Quay 3 and start discharging under our cranes.
- To berth
- 2.40 nm
- Status
- Tugs pushing
- Moves
- 0
- Crane rate
- Waiting
Fig. 1MV Kola Meridian, 9,200 TEU, voyage 046W (example vessel)
Updated from the COVORN apps (example data)
Vessels alongside6
Yard occupancy71%
Truck gate wait18 min
Next arrivalMV Osun Pearl, 18:30
Reefer plugs free214
00In this issue
01Letter
Letter from the managing director
A port should feel like a timetable, not a gamble.
For twenty years, importers in Lagos have planned around uncertainty: ships waiting at anchorage for days, trucks parked along the expressway, charges that seemed to grow while a box sat untouched. We built Aquila to remove the guesswork.
Our quays sit in 16.5 metres of water, so the largest ships calling at West Africa come straight alongside. Our yard is planned by software that knows where every box is and where it is going next. Our truck gate runs on appointments, so a driver who books a slot is through in under twenty minutes.
None of that matters unless you can see it. That is why the vessel board, container tracking, charges and truck slots are on this site, open to everyone, day and night. If something is late, you will know before you have to ask.
This issue explains how the port works, terminal by terminal, and how to use it well. We hope it saves you a trip, a call and a day of storage.
02The terminalsFour berths, one gate
Four terminals, built for the ships that call at West Africa
Every terminal shares one gate, one customer desk and one account. Choose a terminal to read its full feature.
Quays 1 to 3
Container terminal
1,240 metres of quay, 14 ship to shore cranes and a yard for 48,000 boxes. Reefer plugs for 1,800.
Quay 4
Dry bulk and break bulk
Wheat, clinker, fertiliser and steel. Grab cranes, hoppers and covered sheds for 220,000 tonnes.
Vehicle berth
Vehicle terminal
Cars, trucks and machinery roll off onto a fenced park for 6,000 vehicles with pre-delivery inspection.
Energy jetty
Liquid bulk jetty
A dedicated jetty for refined products and edible oils, piped to tank farms outside the gate.
03By the numbers
The port in four numbers
Example figures for this demo, for the twelve months to October 2026.
16.5 mDepth alongside at every container berth
1.4mContainers handled, in TEU
31 hAverage turnaround for a 9,000 TEU ship
18 minAverage truck time from gate in to gate out
We measure ourselves in hours a ship waits and minutes a truck queues.
04Service desk
Do it yourself, any hour
The four things customers ask the desk most often, now on the site and in the Vablus assistant.
Track
Where is my container?
Vessel, yard block, customs status and charges, from the box number.
Track a boxSchedule
Who is alongside?
Arrivals, berths and departures, filtered by terminal or line.
Open the boardGate
Book a truck slot
Two hour windows, day and night. Pay the slot fee and get a gate pass.
Book a slotCharges
What will it cost?
Handling, storage and reefer power, worked out before you arrive.
Use the calculator05Vessel boardUpdated every 15 minutes
| Vessel | Line | Berth | Arrived or due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV Kola Meridian | Meridian Atlantic Line | Quay 3 | Mon 2 Nov, 01:10 | At berth |
| MV Benue Star | Okun Shipping | Quay 1 | Thu 5 Nov, 22:40 | At berth |
| MV Osun Pearl | Gulf of Guinea Express | Quay 2 | Fri 6 Nov, 18:30 | Arriving |
| MV Harmattan Wind | Sahel Sea Lines | Quay 4 | Wed 4 Nov, 12:00 | At berth |
| MV Lagoon Crest | Bight Feeder Services | Quay 1 | Sat 7 Nov, 16:00 | At anchorage |
Example vessels and lines for this demo. See the full board.
Call our AI line, answered day and night in Nigerian English
It finds your container, checks a vessel, books a truck slot and passes you to a person when you need one.
07Letters
What customers write to us
Example letters for this demo.
Letter to the editor
Booked a 22:00 slot, gate out by 22:14. I did not believe it until the driver called me.
Letter to the editor
The tariff calculator gave me the exact storage figure the invoice later showed. That is rare.
Letter to the editor
Our reefer boxes were plugged in before the paperwork reached my desk.
Next
Your box is waiting. Let us bring it out.
Book a slot, pay the charges and the gate opens without stopping. Day or night.