The Lagos Ports; namely Apapa port and Tin Can Island Port recorded a drop on the importation of vehicles as a total of 9,454 units of both used and new vehicles arrived in the month of September as against 13,777 units in August.
A total of 24 vessels also made it to the seaports in September even as it was also discovered that the volume of vessels coming in to the ports with vehicles also dropped as only 31 vessels loaded with vehicles made it to the ports in August 2013.
The Lagos Ports; namely Apapa port and Tin Can Island Port recorded a drop on the importation of vehicles as a total of 9,454 units of both used and new vehicles arrived in the month of September as against 13,777 units in August.
A total of 24 vessels also made it to the seaports in September even as it was also discovered that the volume of vessels coming in to the ports with vehicles also dropped as only 31 vessels loaded with vehicles made it to the ports in August 2013.
Documents received from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) revealed that Five Star Logistics terminal at the Tin Can Island port recorded the highest number of vehicles with 4,603 units as against the 9,207 units of vehicles recorded in August.
The terminal also handled 10 vessels of vehicles as against 14 ships that were recorded in the month of August.
According to the statistics sent to Auto Port Weekly a total of 12 vessels made to the Ports and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML), which also recorded a total 3921 units of unclassified vehicles imported in September as against the 3,248 units recorded in August 2013.
Standard Flour Mills also known as Bollore terminal recorded 930 units of used vehicles in September as against the 1,370 units of vehicles which it handled in August.
Auto Port Weekly recalls that in January the ports handled 9,204 units, February 9,735 units, March had 12,474 units, April recorded 9,171 units ,May had 7,038 units , June recorded 13,428,July accounted for 11,069 units of imported vehicles respectively into the Lagos ports.
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