The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA has commenced the evaluation of overtime cargoes at the ports to determine and pave the way for efficient operations at the port.
A statement by NPA said that the moves to evacuate time cargoes at the ports were intensified when the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, led an inter-agency team comprising the NPA, Nigerian Customs and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council on an assessment tour of overtime cargoes littering the ports.
The statement also said that over time, Lagos and Tincan Island Port complexes and the terminals, including Ikorodu Lighter Terminal, have been occupied with three thousand two hundred units of overtime cars and about three thousand two hundred and ninety-five units of overtime containers, respectively, while the eastern ports have a combined total of nine hundred and fifty-six overtime containers.
According to the statement, the decision to auction the overtime cargo was agreed upon by the stakeholders.
The statement added that to assure transparency and inclusiveness, the modalities to govern the auction process will be finalized by all stakeholders after a similar sensitization meeting with stakeholders in the eastern ports of Warri, Rivers, Onne, and Calabar
