Stakeholders, for years, have decried the difficulty in accessing Apapa Port due to traffic congestion on the port access roads. This in turn has driven up the cost of shipping, logistics and other associated costs in the maritime industry.
However, the chairman, Obetus Investments Nigeria Limited, Bethrand Nduduim, said APM Terminals Apapa has “brought in a lot of professionalism into the port industry and that has helped the flow of goods to the port.” “The roads have been in a bad state for a while; you can spend as much as two weeks on the road before accessing the port. With the introduction of inland barge services, a lot of businesses such as mine have received a boost; delivery has been so good. With barging, you can move 20 containers at a time; it makes life easy for the customs agent,” he pointed out.
Also speaking, the managing director of Akwaport Nigeria Limited, Richard Ndah, commended the terminal operator for its digital platforms. To him, “the online platform, TermView, eliminates the need for agents and importers to physically be at the port and has greatly minimized the cost of operations for us.“I monitor my containers via Termview; when it is time for them to be positioned for examination, I get a confirmation alert. You can keep tracking the movement of your containers up until the point, they are loaded on the trucks.
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