Hafen Lomé, Togo

Already since 1960 Inros Lackner has been involved in the development of Africa’s first deep water port. The port was extended step-by-step and thus adapted to contemporary needs. In 1960 the port of Lomé was literally planned on a greenfield to become Africa’s first deep water port. The choice of location some eight kilometres away from the then small town of Lomé was unusually remote. Today this a big advantage, because the port offers areas for industrial settlement in contrast to other ports in Western Africa that have been built too close to growing cities. The port of Lomé has developed into an important transit port for the Sahel countries Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali. A big advantage is the water depth of 15 m in the access channel and 12 m to 14 m in the harbour basin and the very low sand sedimentation. Inros Lackner continues to accompany the development of the port of Lomé with planning services to this day.