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  • Tin Can receives 213 vessels

    The Port Manager, Tin-Can Island Port (TCIP), Lagos, Emmanuel Akporherhe, has said the port received 213 ships with 6.77 million tonnes of goods in the first quarter of the year.

    He made this known while welcoming the board members of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), led by its Chairman, Emmanuel Adesoye, last Friday.

    The Tin-Can Island Port was inagurated on October 11, 1977, to address the increase in the volume of imports and exports brought about by the oil boom in the 70s, and the post-civil war reconstruction era.

    Urging the board to support the port with more funds to enable it carry out some renovations, Akporherhe commended the efforts of the Managing Director, Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman and her team, in drawing the Federal Government’s attention to the plight of users of the Oshodi-Apapa-Oworonshoki Expressway, which he noted was critical to the port business.

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    Responding, Adesoye said the NPA board visited Lagos ports to assess the impact of the traffic gridlock on port operations. “The solution to the gridlock is currently being addressed although there are few roads and there is also the need to create more roads,” Adesoye said.

    He assured that when the railway system becomes operational, together with the concrete road construction of Mile 2–Tin-Can Road– Oworonshoki Road, the problem of gridlock on ports access roads would be a thing of the past.

    He also praised the introduction of barges at the Tin-Can Port, Ikorodu Lighter Terminal and Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, saying it was reducing pressure on ports access roads. According to him, the availability of an operational rail system and functional barges would ease the incessant gridlock to a large extent if not completely.

    Adesoye said that the Federal and Lagos State Governments had commenced the construction of Lekki Deep seaport to enable bigger vessels call at the port.

    Other places visited during the tour were, JosepDam Ports Service Nigeria Ltd. ENL Consortium, Apapa Bulk Terminal, Five Star Logistics, Flour Mills of Nigeria Limited, and APM Terminal.

    However, at the APM Terminal, the NPA board members were not allowed in by the company.  An official of the firm at the entrance  said to nobody in particular: “we were not informed of their coming so how are we to know they will be here?”

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

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

    Thirty-two ships laden with food items,petroleum products 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 to the newsmen in Lagos on Monday.
    It said that 12 ships out of the expected number had petrol consignment.

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    According to it, the remaining 20 vessels contain bulk wheat, salt, bulk fertilizer, bulk sugar, diesel, crude palm olein, bulk gypsum and containers laden with goods.
    The publication indicated that eight ships carrying bulk fertilizer and petrol had already arrived at the ports and were waiting to berth.

    NAN

  • Tin Can Island Port 2 Customs generates N8.12b

    Tin Can Island Port 2 Customs generates N8.12b

    The Tin-Can Island Port 2 Customs Command on Monday said it had generated N8.12 billion between January and December 2016.

    The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Godwin Andishu, gave the figure in a statement in Lagos.

    Giving a breakdown of the figure, Andishu said N349.07 million was realised in January; N605.48 million in February; N245.15 million for March; while N461.87 million was recorded in April.

    The command‘s spokesman said that the highest revenue of N1.57 billion was realised in May; N661.33 million in June; N531.81 million in July, while N453.51 million was realised in August.

    Andishu also said the command realised N835.94 million in September; N942.101million in October; N908.05 million in November; and N559.73 million in December.

    He described the total figure as impressive in spite of the low import activities at the ports, occasioned by foreign exchange scarcity.

    Andishu said the Controller, AlhajiAbdulkadirDalhatu, had put in place measures  to ensure that the command  improve  its revenue substantially in 2017

  • Customs redeploys over 200 officers

    NO fewer than 200 officers from the Tin-Can Island port have been redeployed by the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi.

    Sources said many of those affected were Assistant Superintendents of Customs.

    “Two hundred officers at the level of Assistant Superintendents of Customs Grade two were redeployed, but I don’t know if it is as a result of the CGC’s visit to the port last week or not,” the officer said.

    Meanwhile, the Customs has vowed to take economic sabotage and national security serious.

    Speaking at a meeting with leaders of freight forwarding associations at Tin Can port, Controller, Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU), Mr. Tajudeen Olanrewaju, said cases of “cut and lock” would be treated as economic sabotage and national security threat, warning that any Customs officer who flouts the directive would be sanctioned.

  • Tin Can Island Port earns N240b revenue

    The Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) realised N240.16 billion revenue in 2013.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Chris Osunkwo,told the News Agency of Nigeria that the revenue was higher by N33.74 billion, or 16.35 per cent over the N206.412 billion recorded in 2012.

    He said as a vehicle port, the revenue came mainly from import duties paid on vehicles, levies paid on common external tariff , sugar, wheat flour, wheat grain and bulk goods, adding that the revenue generated from these items in December amounted to N20.06 billion.

    He attributed the increase in revenue to digitalisation and automation of the NCS operations at the port.

    Osunkwo also traced the increase in revenue to motivation and hard work of officers, whom he said, struggled to achieve the desired goals.

    He said initially the Command was sceptical that the introduction of Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) would create hiccups and cause reduction in revenue, saying that the introduction of PAAR, has eliminated all forms of delay in clearing of goods.

    He said any importers, or agents who lays claim to being delayed today in the port do not understand the new PAAR method.

    “It enables an importer to clear goods faster because the person would have processed his document electronically or on-line before the arrival of the cargo,’’ he said.

    The public relations officer said that the officers at the Tin Can Island port were motivated to work harder because of government’s circular on the introduction of PAAR to take care of all exigencies