The globally-acclaimed Nigeria’s port concession deal may have caught the fancy of Gulf’s leading port operator; Dubai Port World, the Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE -based maritime firm said last week that it has commenced discussions with some Nigerian government on new port development in Nigeria.
An official of Mr Abdol Reza disclosed this last week in Dubai during a facility tour of the expansive Dubai port by some maritime journalists and officials of Nigerian Ports Authority.
The globally-acclaimed Nigeria’s port concession deal may have caught the fancy of Gulf’s leading port operator; Dubai Port World, the Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE -based maritime firm said last week that it has commenced discussions with some Nigerian government on new port development in Nigeria.
An official of Mr Abdol Reza disclosed this last week in Dubai during a facility tour of the expansive Dubai port by some maritime journalists and officials of Nigerian Ports Authority.
With the discussion, the container terminal operator may soon join the ranks of concessionaires in Nigeria.
According to Reza who is also the guest relations coordinator of DP World, the firm, which is the third largest container terminal operator in the world, controls 60 terminals in 30 countries.
He said that, in Dubai, the firm administers two terminals and one of the terminals had a capacity of nine million teus
Reza said that in the port’s Terminal 1, there were 460 cameras and scanners that monitor the activities of the firm and has a ‘man-made’ harbour with a draught of between 11 to 17 metres.
Reza added that the company’s terminal 2 in the Dubai port was opened in 2007 and has a capacity of five million teus.
He said that the terminal has more modern technology with 60 Real Mountain Gantry Cranes to save time and energy in cargo throughput.
He said that the terminal’s cargo throughput would go up to 19 million by the time the necessary expansion was completed.
“Besides, there is an airport at the port to evacuate cargo and there is a rail network under construction. Cargo can be received at anytime of the day because the port operates for 24 hours,” he said.
Reza said that there had been trans-shipment and land transportation of cargo through the Dubai port to neighbouring countries.
Reza added that the firm had commenced development of a new terminal with an envisaged capacity of four million TEUS, which would commence operations in 2014.
The DP World, formally established in September 2005, was born from the corporate integration of Dubai Ports Authority and DPI Terminals (Dubai Ports International).
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