Nigeria is currently losing cargoes to neighbouring ports of Lome, Tema and Abidjan due to a number of factors which includes inability to receive mega sized ships and persistent human-to-human contact which breeds corruption at its seaports. In this report, TOLA ADENUBI examines why commencement of operation at Lekki port could change the narrative. Excerpt.
In 2021, a report by Netherlands’ leading consulting firm, Dynamar, revealed how Nigerian ports of Apapa and Tin-Can had fallen behind in terms of vessel call in the West African sub-region.
According to Dynamar, since 2017 when the Port of Lomé (PAL) in Togo rapidly expanded from 311,500 20-foot equivalent (TEU)…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
