As soon as those two become operational,Going to Lagos for me will surely be like going to Ghana.

tpia@:

nothing wrong with that.

decongestion of lagos benefits everybody.

aloy/emeka:

It doesn't benefit the economy of Lagos state.

PROUD-IGBO:

@ Poster: Are you having a laugh or what? There are many fallacies in your assertions on this thread. To start with- a)No 'Ship' has berthed at the new Onitsha port (Don't you think such a momentous occassion would have been immortalised in film/photos? Yet you have non to show). b)The port is not yet completed. c)Those cranes are nothing like the ones on ground presently at Onitsha. d)So there is no diference between Sea and River ports in your books abi?

Does anybody have a pic or illustration of the kind of vessels that will be berthing at Onitsha? Just curious, as i know vessels will have to pass under the Niger Bridge b/4 accessing the Port.

asorocker:

sometimes one wonders at the way Nigerian leaders think, at a time they operated only 1 gateway into Nigeria that is the MMA and later 2 gateways NAA and MMA , eastern tourist , travellers and pilgrims will drive all the way from the East to Abuja and lagos to board a flight to major destinations the same went for the sea ports, one wonders at the selfish wisdom of operating 1 deep sea port for more than 51 years of the nations existence , calabar port is not a deep sea port and the port harcourt sea port was never really developed into a deep sea port and a RORO port just to suit the narrow interests of a few selfish lots.

All this reminds me of how the north rather than develop it self , expended all its energies marginalising the east whom the believed they defeated in a war , 40 years after the north is in a deep mess in every sphere of human development and the people they held down have surpassed them .

emmatok:

@op

1. No body is building a seaport in Onitsha,It is a Cargo port.

2. No Cargo ship berth at Onitsha Seaport River-Port.

Connoisseur:

can be ferry be classified as a cargo ship.
I thought they are two diff things

You're right. In express terms,a ferry cannot be described as a Cargo ship,even though it is capable of ferrying cargo.

Also,the waterways of Onitsha are inland around the divisions of the delta,so the ports there are NOT seaports.

Konjour:

You're right. In express terms,a ferry cannot be described as a Cargo ship,even though it is capable of ferrying cargo.

Also,the waterways of Onitsha are inland around the divisions of the delta,so the ports there are NOT seaports.

macjive01:

dont be silly, one of the busiest waterway in the world is the strait of malacca and it is only 2.8 km at its farthest points, while the river niger , tho the bridge is about 1.5 km, the farthest points are at 4.8 km apart- not at the bridge head, but at points farther away.

the onitsha seaport u see now is only a starting point. Soludo's office is planning an integrated master plan for a comprehensive integrated seaport complex to accommodation the BIGGEST, LARGEST MARKET IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE AFRICA, AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR .


something big is coming to onitsha and asaba for real.

manny4life:


I laughed for a second at #1 but hey I will not mock you;  you said, No body is building a seaport in Onitsha,It is a Cargo port.

Dude, a cargo port is a classification of a Seaport; just like they have cruise ports (cruise only), fishing ports, et al. Cargo ships (General cargo, Dry-Bulk, Multipurpose and Tankers) berth at a port primarily designed for its purpose (Cargo). Cargo ports have all the necessary tools, equipments and resources to handle from a small vessel to large ocean liners. Depending on the size and how how it's classified (domestic or international), that will largely depend on its operation and services. For instance, if Onitsha port is primarily designed for general cargo (containers only), then it might not have the equipments to handle tankers (oil - crude or refined, diesel, chemicals, )etc.

redsun:

What effects will the opening of a functional onitsha port have on long distance haulage,general transportation and lagos economy?

Eko Ile:




Zero.

redsun:

Really?Are u line with reality at all?

Most of the goods that comes through lagos that the igbos use to move by road between lagos,mid west and the south east by road will now go down to onitsha by ship and you are still saying it is not going to shake up lagos economic systems.

hercules07:

The opening of the port in Onitsha will enable more goods to come in to the country, it is not going to affect the Lagos economy, the ports are federal properties anyway and importers will not ship goods meant for the SW to Onitsha just because of some tribal patriotism. There are so many ports in the South South that should have been receiving goods for the SE, why has this not happened?

Eko Ile:



Are you offering us the new definition for SEA? Why is it always so hard for you people to be honest with yourselves, you no there is no damn sea in that are so why keep making the sea references?

The place can not function as a seaport simply because it's a river, it's too shallow and dredging only cleared a narrow path for small boats to sail trough. 


lol @ the BIGGEST, LARGEST MARKET IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE AFRICA, AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR,  You people sabi brag over nothing sha.

redsun:

Really?Are u line with reality at all?

Most of the goods that comes through lagos that the igbos use to move by road between lagos,mid west and the south east by road will now go down to onitsha by ship and you are still saying it is not going to shake up lagos economic systems.