NPA Wants FG To Build Tower In Rivers Port 

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Rivers Port Complex, has called on the Federal Government to build a functional tower in the port to enhance communications.
The Authority said the absence of a functional communication tower in the complex was hampering the operations of the port with incoming vessels.
NPA Manager, Rivers Port Complex, Engr. Yenusu Ibrahim Anji, stated this during a quarterly NPA stakeholders’ meetings chaired by the NPA Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman with terminal operations in Port Harcourt on Monday.
Anji said the tower, when constructed, would enhance easy communications with the port and vessels at the high sea.
The manager also called on NPA to ensure a 24-hour pilotage in the port to enhance traffic in the Rivers port
Anji told the stakeholders that shipping activities had improved in the port due to reduction in pirate activities in the Eastern ports.
He said over 162 vessels were received in the port in the first half of 2019, from January to June.
According to him, over 2616,728 cargo traffics were received in the port by the Port Terminal Operators Limited PTOL and BUA terminals in Rivers Port Complex
He called for the expansion of the port complex and its terminals to attract more investors and create space for stacking of containers.
The manager also called for the provision of capable tugboats in the port to help push cargo vessels berthing in the port.

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