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Home » NPA Plans Reconstruction Of Collapsed Berths In Rivers Port

NPA Plans Reconstruction Of Collapsed Berths In Rivers Port

by Joshua
August 5, 2022
in Featured, News

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) r on Thursday said that it has concluded plans with the terminal operators to begin the reconstruction of the collapsed berths at the Rivers Port in Port Harcourt with a view to enhancing productivity in the Eastern ports.

NPA PORT HARCOURT

Disclosing during his maiden tour of the Rivers’ ports, NPA’s Managing Director, Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, said the NPA has given BUA Terminal; one of the terminal operators, the final approval for the submitted design, which means the NPA expects construction would commence soon.

According to him, the berths 5 to 8 of the BUA Terminal that were built in the 1920s, collapsed years back.

“They have really decayed which was why we decommissioned some of them, but the agreement is for BUA to reconstruct some of them,” he said.

Bello-Koko however said the NPA is dissatisfied with the speed at which BUA is carrying out the repair works as it expected that the reconstruction should have started a few months ago.

“We understand the need to plan properly but that plan is over and we expect that they should have resumed reconstruction on those berths,” he said.

NPA Port

For the Ports and Terminal Operators Nigeria Limited (PTOL), he said, the operator has a development plan that involves bringing down some of the sheds in the terminal to improve the stacking areas and increase the terminal’s ability to handle more cargoes.

The NPA boss also said that the PTOL terminal also has some collapsed berths, which the NPA is discussing with the terminal operator on how to rehabilitate, so that bigger vessels will be able to berth at Rivers Port.

“We are very serious about the need to increase traffic to the Eastern Ports, that way we can decongest Lagos Ports. Though, most of these ports have draft limitations and we are looking at dredging deeper so that bigger vessels can come and enable economy of scale. We are beginning to see increase activities in Onne Port, which we are happy about”, he said.

On the access road, Bello -Koko said there is need to rehabilitate the roads, which is outside the purview of the Nigerian Ports Authority, but that they are working with the relevant government agencies to see to that.

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He said there is synergy between the Federal Ministry of Transportation and Federal Ministry of Works, adding that government is very serious about repairing all access roads to the port, which has happened in Lagos.

On using tariff rebate to attract patronage to the Eastern Ports, Bello-Koko said that years ago the NPA gave the terminal operators a tariff rebate that did not translate to traffic as relate to the port.

He said that his management is currently reviewing the request for 30 percent rebate put forward by terminal operators, but that rebate must come with conditions.

“We are discussing with the terminal operators and we may come up with a higher or lower rebate but we will put a timeline to see the impact of the rebate. Some of the terminals have started getting involved with processing export which is key to the NPA and the country at large. It is one of the things that would determine the amount of rebate to give to the terminal operators,” he added.

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