To make export-bound cargoes access the Lagos Seaports -Apapa and Tin-Can Island- seamlessly, the managing director of the NIgerian Ports Authority (NPA),
Bello-Koko, however, applauded the Nigeria Customs Service , for creating an export command, saying, the authority wasn’t unaware of the existence of export warehouses handling manufactured products.
“To emphasise the importance of export in our strategy, movement of export boxes from the Lilypond Export Terminal shall be directly through Warehouse Road to cut down on time for arrival into the port. Similarly, movement of export boxes to Tin-Can Island Port shall be from the DiamondStar consolidation point at Emmadunamix Terminal, Okota,” he stressed.
According to him, there would seamless delivery of export boxes all the terminal is a one-stop-shop that houses all the government agencies in the export value chain.
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