Maritime
Three Ships Arrive Two Eastern Ports, Today
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says a total of three ships laden with cargoes will arrive two of its Eastern ports, today.
The NPA Weekly statements gave the destination of the vessels as Onne and Rivers Ports Complex in Rivers State.
This was contained in the Shipping Position made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt at the weekend.
The Shipping Position gave the names of the vessels for Onne as African Joseph R. while that of Rivers Port are MV. Mandarin Hantong and Elong Elong.
The ships are scheduled to berth at different terminals in the ports.
Vessels for Onne would berth at Brawal Federal Lighter Terminal FLT, Berth 18, while those for Rivers Port Complex would berth at Terminal A, Berth 3 and Terminal A, Berth 4.
The statement also gave the names of the the shipping agents for Onne Port as Brawal Shipping.
The agents for Rivers Port are Alraine Shipping Agency Limited and JFDOR
The ships, the statement further said, were laden with bulk wheat and gypsum in bags.
The statement gave the length of the vessels as 139.92 for Onne Port and 329.87 and 167 for Rivers Port Complex.
The statement added that the arrival of the ships in the two ports would spark off high ports activities and boost socio-economic activities in the zone.
By: Chinedu Wosu