President of National Association of Stevedoring Companies, Mr Bolaji Sunmola has urged jetty operators to accommodate stevedores in all offshore operations.
Sunmola told newsmen in Lagos that it was the statutory right of stevedores to be at the jetties.
“It is our sole right to discharge cargoes as enshrined in the Ports Act of 1999 and this has not been amended,’’ he said.
President of National Association of Stevedoring Companies, Mr Bolaji Sunmola has urged jetty operators to accommodate stevedores in all offshore operations.
Sunmola told newsmen in Lagos that it was the statutory right of stevedores to be at the jetties.
“It is our sole right to discharge cargoes as enshrined in the Ports Act of 1999 and this has not been amended,’’ he said.
He said that the services of stevedoring companies should be sustained on offshore jetties as well as oil and gas jetties, saying that the jetties were like extension of the ports.
“It is statutory that every work being done at the jetties should be handled by stevedoring companies, even when the service is automated,’’ he said
Sunmola commended the Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, for his plan to come up with guidelines that would help regulate the industry.
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