Container Operations Resume At PH Wharf

As part of efforts to revive business activities at the Port Harcourt Port, the container cargo operations which had been abandoned for some years at the port are to resume next week with the expected arrival of a container vessel

Making this known in a chat with The Tide the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Area One Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Samuel Harry said that the expected container vessel is to a berth at the wharf on Sunday.

Harry explained the Ports and Terminal operators Limited (PTOL) one of the concessionaries assigned to the port had really worked hard to ensure that containerised cargo operations are restored to the port.

According to him, several efforts were made by the PTOL management in conjunction with the Customs to woo importers and shipping companies back to the wharf, adding that several infrastructures have been put in place to ensure smooth operations.

He said that the concessionaires has promised that it will give 10 days free demurrage for containers, but that after 10 days, that it will charge N1,500.00 as demurrage for a 40-f00t container, and N700 for a 20 footer as a way of encouraging patronage of the port.

Corlins Walter