Shippers’ Council Plans Modern Traffic System At Ports

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello has expressed the council’s readiness to establish a Modern Traffic System at the Nigerian ports.
Bello said this when the executive members of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO), visited the council’s headquarters in Lagos.
“We are working toward operating an electronic gate at the nation’s ports in line with global practices.”
He said that the restructuring exercise had called for support of all critical stakeholders in the maritime industry to enable the port access roads to be free from traffic bottleneck.
“There will be introduction of modern traffic system at the ports’ gate, which will give port operators the opportunity to view the ports from far distance.
“Truck responsibility is key to the economy in terms of chain distribution because truck business is an international business.
“The maritime economy does not end at the seaports but end when the goods are  delivered to the owners,” Bello said.
He said that rickety trucks on the roads would be a thing of the past with the establishment of modern infrastructure in the maritime environment.
The council’s boss said that government had come up with policies that all ports should be linked with rail, saying that there would be holding bay and truck parks in the country.
Bello said that the Truck Transit Park would enable truckers to be more comfortable during the discharge of their duties.
Earlier, the President of AMATO, Chief Remi Ogungbemi, commended the council for supporting the association.
”The commencement of the Truck Transit Parks will enable truckers to be more comfortable with their operations.
“We remember when government approved the trade fair site to be used as Transit Park but it is now moribund.
“We need a conducive environment and if we have functioning transit parks our problems are solved,” Ogungbemi said.
He pleaded with the council to engage in continuous sensitisation of their members to enable them to key into the infrastructure reform at the ports.