Tag Archives: Nigerian Ports Authority

32 ships with petroleum products, food items to arrive Lagos ports

Thirty-two ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive at Apapa Port and Tin Can Island Port in Lagos from March 5 to March 24. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its “Shipping Position’’ publication, a copy of which was made available in Lagos on Monday. It said that 12 ships out ...

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12 ships arrive in Lagos ports with petrol, others

A total of 12 ships laden with various products,including petrol, are at the Lagos ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Friday. The NPA disclosed in its daily “Shipping Position”, made available in Lagos, that eight of the vessels were waiting to berth with petrol. It said that another two ships each (4) would berth with ...

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Fuel scarcity: 36 ships laden with petroleum products, others expected at Lagos ports

Thirty-six ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports in Lagos between February 12 and 24.  The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. NAN reports ...

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NPA moves to take over Apapa road construction from Ministry of Works

Following the protracted delays by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to construct the Tin Can Island port access road and ease the gridlock, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has made a request to the Federal Ministry of Transportation for consideration to have the NPA take over the construction of Tincan Island port access road. The Managing Director ...

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NPA flags off solid minerals export from Ikorodu Lighter Terminal

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, said that the authority had flagged-off the first export consignment of manganese, a solid mineral resource, from the Ikorodu Lighter Terminal. Usman, in a statement signed by NPA spokesman, Abdullahi Goje, said that the authority was keen on provisional inter-modalism as part of efforts to further decongest the Apapa ...

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NPA begins exportation through Ikorodu terminal

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commenced the exportation of agricultural products through the Ikorodu Lighter Terminal as part of measures to decongest the Lagos sea ports and boost the economy. The movement of export cargoes from Ikorudu terminal to Apapa sea ports, NPA said, would enable Nigerians to maximise the facilities at the moribundterminal. Speaking during the official flag ...

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NPA generates N299. 5bn revenue in 2017

The Nigerian Ports Authority has generated N299.5 billion revenue in 2017 according to it’s General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Abdullahi Goje, in a statement released in Lagos. He said that the figure exceeded the N162.2 billion generated in 2016 by 84.65 percent. Goje added that the 2017 figure was the highest generated revenue by the agency in the past ...

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NPA gives Intel’s two weeks to pay outstanding debt

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has ordered Intels Nigeria Limited (Intels) to pay an outstanding $48 million debt into the Treasury Single Account (TSA) of the agency within two weeks. The Managing Director, NPA, Hadiza Usman, disclosed this during an interview with CNBC Africa. Usman added that the NPA would execute the notice of termination on Intels if it did ...

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33 ships bearing petroleum products, food items close to Lagos ports

Thirty three ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports in Lagos from January 29 to February 19. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos, on Monday. ...

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Five ships arrive Lagos ports with petroleum products, other commodities

One of the five ships waiting to berth in Lagos ports contains petrol according to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The port’s authority made this known on Wednesday in its daily publication “Shipping Position’’ in Lagos. NPA said that the remaining four ships were laden with bulk fertilisers, base oil and aviation fuel. It said that 36 other ships with ...

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