The Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) has advised shipping operators to deploy flat bottom vessels in Warri as the region was facing low drought in the channels.
The Flat Bottom Vessels (FBVs) for their shipping businesses would in eastern ports would beat the challenge of low draught in the channels leading to the ports.
The low draught has restricted shipping traffic in the ports at a time Lagos ports have been in near total lockdown due to the collapse of the access roads.
The Managing Director of NPA, Hajia Hadiza Bala Usman, made the call as she promised that the dredging of the Warri port channel may be completed in two months.
She noted that the completion of the dredging of the port channel will enhance shipping services in the Delta area and open it up for business.
She said that one of the critical areas NPA is working on is the dredging of Warri port to seven metres which will reduce the congestion in Lagos ports.
“We have also gotten the approval for the dredging of Warri port to seven meters and that is going to be completed within the next two month and this will go a long way in reducing the congestion we are having in Lagos port and also providing access for cargoes, particularly petroleum products coming into the country through the Delta port location.
On the Calabar port, she noted that estimation for the dredging of the channel has been put at N50 billion but has yet to be finalised.
She indicated that dredging the channel to Calabar Port will be executed with NPA’s internally generated revenue.
Source: Business and Maritime West Africa
The Flat Bottom Vessels (FBVs) for their shipping businesses would in eastern ports would beat the challenge of low draught in the channels leading to the ports.
The low draught has restricted shipping traffic in the ports at a time Lagos ports have been in near total lockdown due to the collapse of the access roads.
The Managing Director of NPA, Hajia Hadiza Bala Usman, made the call as she promised that the dredging of the Warri port channel may be completed in two months.
She noted that the completion of the dredging of the port channel will enhance shipping services in the Delta area and open it up for business.
She said that one of the critical areas NPA is working on is the dredging of Warri port to seven metres which will reduce the congestion in Lagos ports.
“We have also gotten the approval for the dredging of Warri port to seven meters and that is going to be completed within the next two month and this will go a long way in reducing the congestion we are having in Lagos port and also providing access for cargoes, particularly petroleum products coming into the country through the Delta port location.
On the Calabar port, she noted that estimation for the dredging of the channel has been put at N50 billion but has yet to be finalised.
She indicated that dredging the channel to Calabar Port will be executed with NPA’s internally generated revenue.
Source: Business and Maritime West Africa
