ANAMBRA: Onitsha River Port to receive 1,000 containers from Lagos

THE National Inland Water Ways Authority (NIWA) has announced that the Onitsha River Port will receive 1000 containers from Lagos next week.

General manager of Corporate Affairs of NIWA, Jibril Dardau, made the disclosure after an earlier statement by the executive director of NIWA, George Muoghalu, who said the agency is targeting about 1,000 containers to be hauled per trip from Lagos ports to Onitsha River Port within the maximum duration of four days.

Muoghalu said NIWA is engaging the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) and other stakeholders to facilitate the commencement of the cargo haulage.

In an official statement, NIWA articulated the practical modalities involved in the new initiative. It also mentioned the third party companies it would work with during the operation.

“The idea of hauling containers via Burutu Ports to Onitsha River Port is to deliberately avoid the two small bridges of Gbarekolo and Bumandi.

“Because the two bridges are too tiny and shallow for sea moving badges or vessels to ply through, that is why the company (ACTL) is considering the route from Lagos ports to Burutu Port then to Onitsha River Port as the final destination,” the statement added.

The effort of the National Inland Waterways Authority is aimed at reducing the gridlock at the Sea Ports in Lagos.