LADOL
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Apapa Port, Tarkwa Bay, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria |
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Oladipo Jadesimi (Executive Chairman), Dr. Amy Jadesimi (Managing Director) |
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| Website | http://www.ladol.com/ |
LADOL (Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base), officially LADOL Free Zone, also known as LADOL Base or the initials LFZ, is a high value industrial Free Zone and 100% privately owned state-of-the-art logistics and engineering facility located on an island within the Port of Lagos (Apapa) Pilotage District, Nigeria. The developed and serviced 100-hectare ISPS certified Free Zone is occupied exclusively by companies operating at the highest international standards, carrying out high value projects in West Africa.
LADOL was specifically designed to provide logistics, engineering and other support services to offshore oil & gas exploration and production companies operating in and around West Africa. Services include: personnel management, catering & hospitality, facilities for the supply of bulk materials, warehousing, berthing and vessel handling, rig repair, logistics and construction equipment, personnel transportation, a helicopter base, open and close storage facilities, sewage and waste treatment, potable water and medical services.
LADOL's designation as a Free Zone makes it is a one-stop shop and premier investment destination for multinational industrial and oil & gas companies. It offers a conducive business environment with a number of incentives including: tax holiday, zero customs duty for goods imported into the Zone and unlimited expatriate quota. Free Zone companies presently operating at LADOL are engaged in any of the following: Shipbuilding; Engineering, procurement and construction; Deepwater offshore exploration and production; Oil & gas services; Pipe coating; Steel construction, Mooring services; Vessel and rig repairs; and Training.
LADOL's developer, "LiLe", began the construction of the logistics and engineering base in 2001 and commenced full operations in 2006. In June 2006, LADOL was designated as a Free Zone pursuant to the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Act No. 63 1992. Completed at a cost of US$150 million, LADOL's initial infrastructures included: a 200m quay, 8.5m draft, 25-ton/m2 high load bearing area and additional 30-ton bollards at either end that can accommodate up to six supply vessels and three heavy-lift vessels; a hotel; warehouse; office complex; road; water treatment; and underground reticulation.
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