Firm Establishes Bonded Terminal For Vehicles

Clarion Shipping West Africa is set to play a significant role in decongesting the port as it has offered an off-dock vehicle bonded terminal at the RORO port, Lagos.
 The firm said, in a statement last week, disclosed that the move was also meant to boost mass transportation in the wake of the partial removal of subsidy on petrol.
 It stressed that Clarion services would take pressure off the RORO port by providing ample space for vehicles as well as support the increased vessels’ turnaround.

Clarion Shipping West Africa is set to play a significant role in decongesting the port as it has offered an off-dock vehicle bonded terminal at the RORO port, Lagos.
 The firm said, in a statement last week, disclosed that the move was also meant to boost mass transportation in the wake of the partial removal of subsidy on petrol.
 It stressed that Clarion services would take pressure off the RORO port by providing ample space for vehicles as well as support the increased vessels’ turnaround.
 This, it noted, would result in improved revenue generation for Nigeria Customs Service and indeed the nation as vehicles would be promptly cleared.
According to the Managing Director of the company, Mr. BenedineEloka, “the provision of an off-dock vehicle bonded terminal has assisted in the decongestion of the RORO port.  “We have capacity for about 4,000 units of vehicles. For convenience in handling vehicles in our terminal, we made provision for two gates; the in-gate is otherwise known as the transfer gate; this gate allows transfer of units from the port into the terminal only.”
He also explained that  the exit gate allows for deliveries only.
 “With this arrangement, there will be smooth flow of operation in the terminal at deliveries, even while transfer-in is on,” Eloka said.
 “This provides opportunity for agents to process their deliveries without pressure and stress and more importantly at the exact time they are ready for delivery without queuing up for a long time, struggling and fighting on who goes out first,” it said.
 The firm said, despite the cost in effecting transfer of vehicles from Tin Can port, it had avoided charging transfer fees.
 This, it noted, had kept the cost of clearing in the port the same.