Maritime
Four Ships Arrive Two Eastern Ports, Today
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says a total of four 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 Warri ports located in Rivers and Delta states respectively.
This was contained in Shipping Position made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt.
The Shipping Position gave the names of the vessels for Onne as UAL Houston and Cindy while that of Warri Port are Jane Asphalt and Ossa.
The ships are scheduled to berth at different terminals in the ports.
Vessels for Onne would berth at Brawal Federal Lighter Terminal FLT, Berth 1A and Intels FOT, Berth 4, while those for Warri Port Complex would berth at New Port, Berth 1A and Old Port Berth 1.
The statement also gave the names of the the shipping agents for Onne Port as Inter Serve Nigeria Limited and Maersk Big limited, while agents for Warri Port are Allison Shipping Agency Limited and Marvelous.
The ships, according to the statement, are laden with general cargoes, bitumen, wheats and containers.
The statement gave the lengthens of the vessels as 127.9, 211.85 for Onne Port, and 200 and 100 for Warri Port
It added that the arrival of the ships in the two ports would spark off high ports activities in both states as it would boost their socio- economic activities.
By: Chinedu Wosu