The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has said that private terminal operators had increased the level of investments and developments at the Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) Complex. Malam Habib Abdullahi, the Managing Director, made this known during his tour of the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos last week.
He stated that: “the ports have improved, they look better and the way things are done has improved. “It is quite impressive and I am pleased with the progress, though we are not yet there, but we have moved from where we used to be’’.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has said that private terminal operators had increased the level of investments and developments at the Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) Complex. Malam Habib Abdullahi, the Managing Director, made this known during his tour of the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos last week.
He stated that: “the ports have improved, they look better and the way things are done has improved. “It is quite impressive and I am pleased with the progress, though we are not yet there, but we have moved from where we used to be’’.
The NPA boss, however, expressed concern about the numerous abandoned trucks on the roads. “All Nigerian Ports, except Calabar, have the challenge of abandoned vehicles on the roads. “We must come up with suggestions on how to solve the challenge of abandoned trucks,'' he said.
Abdullahi also disclosed that he would set up a committee to advise the NPA management on how best to solve the problem of abandoned vehicles and make Nigerian ports similar to ports in the Western countries.
Port Manager, Tin-can Island Port Complex, Mr Efiota Ephraim, who also spoke during the tour, said that the complex generated about N689 million and US$32 million (or aboutN5.1 billion) in the third quarter of 2012. Ephraim said that the figure was higher than the N347.2 million and US$31.2 million (or aboutN4.9 billion) recorded in the corresponding period of 2011.
Giving a further insight into the port’s activities, he said that the vehicle traffic for the third quarter of 2012 was 68,727 units, compared to 63,080 units achieved in the same period of 2011. The port manager said that the key performance indicator of turnaround time of ships for the third quarter of 2012 stood at 5.76 as against 5.53 in the same period of 2011, even as he added that the average berth occupancy rate for the third quarter stood at 68.8 per cent.
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