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Lagos ports are operating above capacity, says NPA
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says the two ports in Lagos — Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port Complex — are operating above their installed capacity.
Mohammed Bello-Koko, NPA acting MD, said this while speaking with journalists yesterday in Lagos.
“What it simply means is that if they were built to handle 500,000 Twenty- foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), for instance, probably they are now handling about 700, 000 TEUs,” NAN quoted him as saying.
He said the situation had led to massive congestion.
“There is no space to expand the ports. What we need to do is to improve on the activities in the ports, in terms of efficiency,” he added.
Bello-Koko also spoke on the Apapa gridlock and declared that the deployment of infrastructure under the electronic call-up system for trucks had eliminated it by more than 80 percent.
“The fact that the gridlock has reduced by 80 per cent is verifiable. In addition to the deployment of the Eto platform, we are currently promoting multi-modal transport systems through the use of barges for the movement of cargo in and out of the ports,” he said.
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