NPA Facilitates Auctioning Of Overtime Cars, 4,251 Containers To Decongest Ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has secured the federal government’s backing to ensure that the nation’s seaports are freed of overtime cargoes, in its

To assure transparency and inclusiveness, the modalities to govern the auction process will be finalised by all stakeholders, after a similar sensitisation meeting with stakeholders is held in the eastern ports of Warri, Rivers, Onne and Calabar, according to BusinessDay reports.

In addition to constraining terminal spaces required for seamless cargo handling operations at the ports, the situation has contributed to the deterioration of port infrastructure which are designed as transit locations as opposed to holding dead weight tonnages of overtime cargo for years.

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