PUNCH. In a bid to revive the port in Delta State, the Federal Government said it had awarded a contract for remedial dredging of Escravos channel. The government said that the move would help to expand the channel and attract…
VANGUARD FOLLOWING the shallow depth of the Escravos channel, a development that has reduced the number of vessels calling at the Warri port, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has commenced moves to dredge the channel for increased port activities. Speaking…
THISDAY Rivers Port faces shutdown Closure could lead to congestion of Apapa ports With the imminent closure of Rivers Port in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, due to its certification as unfit for further operation, threatening to worsen the congestion in…
•Stakeholders blame situation on concessioning of port terminals VANGUARD There is no end in sight regarding the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway gridlock as officials of the traffic management agencies have abandoned the expressway to miscreants, thereby compounding the already helpless traffic situation…
PUNCH The Nigerian Ports Authority has cancelled the contract for the $2.6bn Badagry deep seaport project, stating that the deep seaport master plan was wrongly done. This is even as the agency explained that it had begun the process for…
PUNCH The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority has announced the approval of a 10 per cent discount on harbour dues for vessels calling at the eastern ports. According to the agency, this is part of the efforts to increase…