Bukky244:
Everyone from SE/SS must support this and make it work. Anyone who wants the progress of that region must not attack their vessels on the high seas. They have always complained of security issues around that side. Its time to encourage them by showing that the region is safe to do business. Asari should speak to his people.

STFU with your BS. Who do you think you are to give orders? Better eat your hydraulic in silence and face your Amotekun.

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solmusdesigns:


in your dreams hahaha!!! i wonder what would happen to your brothers in Alaba? would they now ship from the east to sell in the west or they would vacate the market and relocate to the east? last last the west has the market and the ocean so whatever you like do the west is still winning, and last time i checked INTELS running onne is still co owned by Atiku , Volpi and Tinubu

and for your information this are the top shipping line still plying lagos

•Maersk Nigeria Limited. ...
•Delek Marine Services LTD. ...
•Antwerp Shipping Nigeria Limited. ...
•Balaguer Limited. ...
•Sifax Nigeria Limited. ...
•OceanGlory Commodities Limited. ...
•Derron Group. ...
•AdeLove Shipping

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The current operators of Onne Port is West Africa Container Terminal (WACT)

helinues:


GEJ should have reversed the policy if we are to go by this report

Honestly, GEJ messed up in this regard. He was selfish to have allowed his second term ambition override the interest of his people.

Positivepoint:


Wow shame. But u guys said ur agenda ain't about economic prosperity. How did south south become south east?

My friend I know how pained you are about this but take heart , what is meant to be will always be no matter how you divide eastern region it doesn't change the fact that this port is in our backyard and we don't have to go all the way to Lagos ports, economically the ball is gradually turning to the east, economically the east is still a virginland , Lagos is fading

Awol1:
This is just the beginning.

I wish Igboland had link with the Ocean, Lagos would have been forgotten.

And igbo land would be enough market for all the igbo businessmen and businesswomen abi.

solmusdesigns:


in your dreams hahaha!!! i wonder what would happen to your brothers in Alaba? would they now ship from the east to sell in the west or they would vacate the market and relocate to the east? last last the west has the market and the ocean so whatever you like do the west is still winning, and last time i checked INTELS running onne is still co owned by Atiku , Volpi and Tinubu

and for your information this are the top shipping line still plying lagos

•Maersk Nigeria Limited. ...
•Delek Marine Services LTD. ...
•Antwerp Shipping Nigeria Limited. ...
•Balaguer Limited. ...
•Sifax Nigeria Limited. ...
•OceanGlory Commodities Limited. ...
•Derron Group. ...
•AdeLove Shipping

Which market, Southeast host the biggest markets

Kindly read what these two guys said


Yoruba man sad by Maerskline decision

Prince Olayiwola Shittu,

He said, “I haven’t seen the Maerskline notice to know the details, but you know their decision may be like telling us they are no longer comfortable with the port congestions in Lagos and that they have alternatives. I also think that they want to avoid complaints about liners’ overbearing charges regime such as vessel queue and delay charges, container delay deposits, storage charges etc. My only worry is that manufacturers and importers with operational base in Lagos and environs will have to face additional haulage costs and attendant risks.”



Igbo man happy for Maerskline decision

On his part, the Chairman, All Ports Unified Freight Forwarders Practitioners Association, APUFFPA, Prince Mike Okorie, said Maerskline latest decision will provide cost relief for owners of cargo destined for the South-South and South-East region and contiguous markets and manufacturing locations.

Congratulations to Rivers state.
It's about to exponentially grow.

And given the direct access to energy in the state, it's a mouth watering scenario.

If they play their game right, it would become the top draw for industries and consequently people in Nigeria.

otuekong1:

most Igbo's thrives well outside igboland

They dont stay in their land and thats why the International air port is being abandoned.

Openbusiness:
Who are they deceiving? Lol! Is it not APM that runs Apapa wharf, and APM is the owner and parent company of Maersk Line? So they just want to control both ends, purely business, not like they want to do south south a favor.

Maersk is a danish company

jimyjames:
Good news for we Igbo's gradually the ball is rolling back to our court

How is this an Igbo issue?

joyandfaith:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/01/congestion-stakeholders-react-to-maersklines-plan-to-dump-lagos-ports/

Nigeria is the only country in the world that makes so much money from a thing and yet will never invest in that thing

With Maerskline relocating so is Safmarine I guess.

Other large shipping companies like China shipping, etc should toe the same path.

Very clearly certain leadership policies have bestowed undue advantages to certain parts and tribes of this country to the detriment and systematic underdevelopment of others. Imagine the greed and unfairness of the southwesterners and fulanis in their attempt to retain federal power in 2023 with their well calculated effort to stop the restructuring of this country. We see why they clamour to hold on to power and kill themselves.

With the undue advantage of the ports in Apapa and Tin can billions arrive into tbe accounts of Apapa local government and Lagos state every year to the disadvantage of other states with sea ports. With the under utilisation of ports outside Lagos, no growth.

Take the case of Onitsha. For several years we have heard stories of plans to dredge the river. Without the dredging of the river, ships cannot get to the east, whereas there is a sea port there. It is not in doubt that the biggest port users in this country are the south easterners with a lot of the cargoes going to the south east. Now the cost of transportation, which is the exclusive domain of the northerners nd southwesterners has become unbearable. The effect is the high cost of goods in the market. Also yearly communities on the bank of the river suffer severe flooding. Nothing has been done now and there is no hope for that.

Rather than ensure goood functioning ports, government allowed bonded terminals as a way out. With bonded terminals a few people smile to the bank daily. Even the bonded terminals no longer receive cargos as they are faced with the same traffic problems.

Badagry should be developed for effective use. That way importers within Babagry road can choose the sea port when they ship their cargoes. If shipping companies spread destination sesports, ease of business improves. Southwest cargos can come here to the southwest and south eastern cargoes can go to Onne, Onitsha, Warri, etc. That will boost the economy of the states and employment would be created. Ports in Lagos would be decongested, traffic would improve and truck queues would vanish.

We know what to do in this country to make it better, but we always put greed and tribalism first in all that we do.

Openbusiness:
Who are they deceiving? Lol! Is it not APM that runs Apapa wharf, and APM is the owner and parent company of Maersk Line? So they just want to control both ends, purely business, not like they want to do south south a favor.

Y should they do SS a favour? Did they say anything about doing any one favours?

Anambralstson:

Which market, Southeast host the biggest markets

Kindly read what these two guys said


Yoruba man sad by Maerskline decision

Prince Olayiwola Shittu,

He said, “I haven’t seen the Maerskline notice to know the details, but you know their decision may be like telling us they are no longer comfortable with the port congestions in Lagos and that they have alternatives. I also think that they want to avoid complaints about liners’ overbearing charges regime such as vessel queue and delay charges, container delay deposits, storage charges etc. My only worry is that manufacturers and importers with operational base in Lagos and environs will have to face additional haulage costs and attendant risks.”



Igbo happy for Maerskline decision

On his part, the Chairman, All Ports Unified Freight Forwarders Practitioners Association, APUFFPA, Prince Mike Okorie, said Maerskline latest decision will provide cost relief for owners of cargo destined for the South-South region and contiguous markets and manufacturing locations.

What will happen is that those manufacturers will move to Rivers state.

The importance of the apapa federal sea port on Lagos economy over the years cannot be over emphasized.

kettykings:
I now realize why the md's wife might have been murdered [/b]some few weeks ago but does it have any correlation with the decision to port to onne port Harcourt .

[b] Cargo freight from Europe to Lagos ports is higher than from Europe to the Eastern ports, but despite that, Lagos became the official port under the policy of cargo destination since Obasanjo government. The pressure on Lagos ports also led to the explosion and failure of support infrastructure. The limit of unfair policy regime and unfair market control is what we are experiencing now.”

So unfair business policy of Obasanjo government is the reason why igbos have been flooding lagos, people will come online and still blame igbos for flooding Lagos when all the while it was Obasanjo that used unfair business policy to cause it

CHAI...

Very Good development.
After all the revenue generated from that port inform of VAT is being shared equally amongst states, despite Lagos State being the highest contributor to VAT in Nigeria.

Might take ages, but I pray APC government in Lagos succeed in the construction of Lekki Seaport/Airport.

Eko O ni Baje.

Very good development

Now the port connection route from Port Harcourt-Warri-Onitsha route is a goal.

kettykings:
I now realize why the md's wife might have been murdered some few weeks ago but does it have any correlation with the decision to port to onne port Harcourt .

Cargo freight from Europe to Lagos ports is higher than from Europe to the Eastern ports, but despite that, Lagos became the official port under the policy of cargo destination since Obasanjo government. The pressure on Lagos ports also led to the explosion and failure of support infrastructure. The limit of unfair policy regime and unfair market control is what we are experiencing now.”

So unfair business policy of Obasanjo government is the reason why igbos have been flooding lagos, people will come online and still blame igbos for flooding Lagos when all the while it was Obasanjo that used unfair business policy to cause it

Also remember that Obasanjo was in charge of Port Harcourt after the end of cease fire. Also remember that Port Harcourt was the only place where there was an abandoned property saga.

.

Kool development

bash8936:



They will soon run back to Lagos by the time Igbo people use scam to spoil their life and SS use kidnapping and hijacking to finish them.

Managing Director of Maerskline wife was killed in cold blood by your brothers in her resident in Lekki.

Positivepoint:


Wow shame. But u guys said ur agenda ain't about economic prosperity. How did south south become south east?

ABA is 45 minutes drive to PH. There is no difference between these two locations. Owerri is an hours drive to PH no difference. These geographical location was created to cause disunity. And I wonder how SS and SE affects your daily bread.

helinues:


You decided to overlook the main points..

Why didn't Gej reverse the OBJ policies about the port?

Btw, If is a conditional statement not affirmative

GEJ had a very incompetent Minister of Transport who never achieved anything project while in office

valarmorghulis:

Oga shut up, kano and kaduna doesn't have port and they are doing great

With Federal Government money...Yeah right.

Wizzz1:
what does the policy entail?

The policy was about making the Lagos ports the single point of Destination for Sea bound Cargoes thereby denying the Niger Delta ports of revenue from Maritime Economy and putting undue stress on the Road infra in Lagos and the other adjoining states.

Onne Port is connected by Rail to Aba and Enugu , which simply means that both states will be boosted by market expansion, industries can choose to locate their plants there and from Enugu to Onitsha ,Nnewi and Awka is a very short distance.

This is the biggest boost for the Enyimba Economic City and the Aba shoe Manufacturers who can now have options of exporting their products, wares and goods to the other parts of Africa. This has been a very big head ache for some of us .

When Maersk come to bring cargoes to Onne , they will not leave empty , they will take goods after very cheap rates back to their Destination ports , these goods will be Aba made shoes, spare parts , leather products etc from the East

......gradually, seaport business is coming to an end in Lagos due to the greediness of one man they call Asiwaju.

This whole story is false the reporter quoted out of contest never bothered to check from Maersk if the story is true or not. It is just one service that is no longer calling Lagos and coming to Onne. Maersk is still calling Lagos

Awol1:
This is just the beginning.

I wish Igboland had link with the Ocean, Lagos would have been forgotten.

and you think we don't ?

With immediate effect oooh biko,also our Enugu airport should be ready.

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