After its last verdict in June, when it rated Nigerian ports and facilities low in the Implementation of the ISPS Code, officials of the United States Coast Guard are billed to visit port facilities beginning from today (Monday).
Shipping Position Daily gathered authoritatively last week that, the US Coast Guard team is due to arrive the country by the weekend and that they will be doing a follow-up visit to the facilities that fell short of expectations during their last visit.
After its last verdict in June, when it rated Nigerian ports and facilities low in the Implementation of the ISPS Code, officials of the United States Coast Guard are billed to visit port facilities beginning from today (Monday).
Shipping Position Daily gathered authoritatively last week that, the US Coast Guard team is due to arrive the country by the weekend and that they will be doing a follow-up visit to the facilities that fell short of expectations during their last visit.
Ahead of the visit, the designated authourity (DA) for the ISPS Code in Nigeria, that is, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) already put the various facilities and terminal on notice to put their houses in order.
During the last visit of the US Coast Guard, it gave some facilities and terminals a clean bill of health, a lot more are however yet to meet minimum standards.
The 22 ports that have maintained effective anti-terrorism measures and their International Maritime Organisation (IMO) port numbers are: the Apapa Bulk Terminal with IMO port number NGAPP-0009, AP Moller Terminal NGAPP-0001, Greenview Terminal and Bonny Rivers Terminal.
Others are NLNG Bonny Terminal, Bonny Offshore Terminal, CBQ FSO YOHO (Exxon Mobile) with number NG638–0001, CBQ Logistics Base and CBQ McIver Wharf. CBQ Port Terminal A, CBQ QIT BOP, ESC Escra BOP, ESC LPG–FSO and Forcados Offshore Terminal also made the list. The rest are Onne FLT and Onne FOT.
At the Tin Can Island port, the US agency cleared the Dantata MRS Terminal, Five Star Logistics, Port & Cargo Handling Terminal, PTML Terminal E, Snake Island Integrated Free Zone and the Tincan Island Container Terminal B.
But our source added that, the team will be US Coast Guard tem will be interested in the progress that have been recorded at the oil jetties and terminals, majority of which were declared as non–compliant during the last visit.
The list of non-compliant facilities, which was made available exclusively to Shipping Position Daily last week showed that several oil jetties and facilities were also not safe.
It included not less than 58 jetties, including petroleum jetties operating in different parts of the country.
According to a recent diplomatic note signed on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security by the Deputy Commandant for Operations of the United States Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, their petroleum loading and off-loading facilities fell below acceptable standard of the ISPS Code.
The unsecured jetties scattered across the country include: 58 jetties in Lagos which are: NigerDock jetty, Intercontinental Fishing Jetty, Allison Fisheries Jetty, Ocean Fisheries, Dantata Jetty, Standard Flour Jetty, all in Tin Can; Lister Flour Jetty, Osadjere Fishing Jetty, Eurafic oil Jetty, Seagold Fishing Jetty, Ibru Jetty, Port & Marine Service Jetty, Nido Gas Jetty, Atlas Cove Jetty, Nispan Jetty (Folawiyo Energy), Petroleum Wharf Apapa (PWA) jetty, New Oil Jetty (NOJ), Fishery Wharf(Waziri Jetty) and Bulk Oil Plant (BOP) jetty, all in Apapa.
In Ibafon, we have Julius Berger jetty, Single Bouy Mooring (SBM) jetty, Emsee jetty, and Contrans jetty. There are also Adsejere Jetty, Ijora Coal Wharf Jetty, Bakare Adewale Jetty and Tilla Fisheries Jetty. In Ajah, there is another Julius Berger jetty there. Along Ojo creeks, there is Dolphin Fisheries Jetty and Dee Jones Jetty.
Along the Novo creek, there is Obat Jetty and Commodore Pool jetty while Paradise Jetty is along the Five Cowrie Creek. Moving outside Lagos coast, Nigeria has 36 jetties in Port Harcourt. They are Willbros Jetty in Choba, Tidex Jetty in Ogbogoro, Ajip Jetty in lwofe, Nissco Jetty, Grinkar Jetty, Adamac Jetty, Kent Resources Jetty, Haastrup/Eagle Bulk Cement Jetty, Nepturn Jetty and Saipem Jetty all in Rumuolumeni.
There are jetties in Onne namely: Adamac Jetty, Wad Jetty, Starx Jetty, Wact Jetty, Dangote Jetty, and Atlas Cement Jetty. In Bonny, we have Mof Jetty, Tskj Jetty, Shell Slot jetty and Brt jetty.
In Warri, Delta State, there are 25 jetties namely: Daewoo Jetty, Chevron/Taxaco Jetty, DBN Jetty, Elf Jetty, Shell PDC Jetty, Globes Star Jetty, NWDM Jetty, Tidex Jetty, IWD Jetty, Shoreline jetty, Hercules OFFSHORE Hall Jetty, Hyundai Jetty, Seatruck Jetty, Futeb Jetty, Olowo Jetty, Ocan Jetty, Dufan Jetty, Four STAR Marine Jetty, B J Services Jetty, NBTC Jetty, DSC Jetty, Acro jetty, and NAOC Jetty. In Calabar, there are five jetties namely MC Iver Jetty, Calcemo Jetty, Addax Jetty, NNPC Jetty and QIT Jetty in Eket.
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