pazienza:
A break down of the type of goods, other than just crude oil and non crude oil distinction would also be needed to make appropriate deduction.

Omofunaab2:
@Blue3k, what do you have to say about Onitsha river port? I think the igbos are more interested in that

Blue3k:


Lol defending you a dumb statement by doubling down not every port is a deep seaport. The fact it's not doesn't make it dysfunctional unless you think the only ports that should exist are deep seaports.

The thread was opened to see if anyone can disprove this. Nobody been able to so far. Only clown responses from guys like yourself sadly.

Ps: The eastern ports don't refer to regional governments. It refers to the location. This why eastern port headquarters oversees those ports. You would know this but daft responses are your specialty.

http://www.nigerianports.org/dynamicdata/EPorts.aspx?Pid=337

ProWalker:


Sorry for the last rough encounter I had with you, it was a case of mistaken identity.

shukuokukobambi:


You can't really blame them. Those lies have been drilled into them from the womb and being the tactless chest beaters and tacky showmen they are, they will always shout it on the roof tops no matter how senseless or baseless it is

Amberon11:
Learn to be coherent. And the only dumb person here is you. How anyone expects a shallow seaport to be more functional and have more traffic than a deap seaport is the not just dumb, but daft and stupiid.

Ereolamide:

Nigeria government is not responsible for the shallowness, the marine geoligical make up of those sites are, do want the goverment to dregde the sea?

that's why sea ports are better sited in respect of the depth of water unlike regular port

That's why deep sea port is usually made up for the usage of very large and heavily loaded ships. The depth of water helps get them access to the deepwater ports.

Amberon11:
Stop confusing the SS for the eastern region. They are two very different things.

Amberon11:
Your first two paragraphs are contradictory. You first stated that Nigerian Govt isnt to blame for the geological make up of the sites and later said said the bolded.

So who built the seaports in those shallow areas, was it not the government?

Obi1kenobi:
Is the shipping traffic in the tables for exports or imports? I'm well aware Onne and Rivers are used a lot in routing exports. The Lagos Ports though overwhelmingly dominate imports. Of consumer goods, refined crude products etc. At least, that was always my impression. Can you provide greater clarity as to what those stats are actually representing?

Blue3k:


Im going to add Q1 2016 to first then rest back here.

Obi1kenobi:


Please, make it separate stats for import and export.

Blue3k:


Done

Ereolamide:

It was probably not meant to be a 'deep' sea port, you should know the shoddy way Nigeria government works, even those Lagos ports ain't deep enough, you want a real deep seaport, go to ondo.

Obi1kenobi:


I would say that pretty much confirms my point. The Lagos ports overwhelmingly handle the imports. Over three-quarters of imports and close to 80% in one of the quarters. It doesn't change my initial perception which is that Lagos handles most of the consumer items imports, which is why many Nigerians who want to import have to do it through Lagos. I'm guessing crude export accounts for most of the traffic of Onne and Rivers ports.

Amberon11:
Ondo state has a seaport? talk more a deep one?

Obi1kenobi:


I would say that pretty much confirms my point. The Lagos ports overwhelmingly handle the imports. Over three-quarters of imports and close to 80% in one of the quarters. It doesn't change my initial perception which is that Lagos handles most of the consumer items imports, which is why many Nigerians who want to import have to do it through Lagos. I'm guessing crude export accounts for most of the traffic of Onne and Rivers ports.

Ereolamide:
that's the viable location for a true deep seaport in Nigeria presently.

ProWalker:


Naaaaaaahh!! Just mention Nnamdi Kanu and you will see them like herd trooping in here.
What is happening here now at the moment is a little bit confusing to them.

Obi1kenobi:


I would say that pretty much confirms my point. The Lagos ports overwhelmingly handle the imports. Over three-quarters of imports and close to 80% in one of the quarters. It doesn't change my initial perception which is that Lagos handles most of the consumer items imports, which is why many Nigerians who want to import have to do it through Lagos. I'm guessing crude export accounts for most of the traffic of Onne and Rivers ports.

Blue3k:


Only Onne export more than it brings in which is good thing. Exports means more foreign exchange. Then it proves if you want bring things in your free to. There's nothing stopping anyone. Shippers making business decisions doesn't imply the port is dysfunctional.

Amberon11:
Lol, I don't recall. I'm sorry if I spoke out of tone too

Modified : Hahahaha, I remember now. You kept insisting I was a flat.head. Lol

omohayek:

The trouble with all the ridiculous talk of "marginalization" with regards to ports is that those who say such things forget an important reality: even if ports like Onne and Rivers are perfectly fine and dandy, the most important consumer markets in Nigeria are in the SW, and importers have to cater to that reality in making their plans; in addition, the SW is the main gateway to the northern part of the country. Online tribal warriors with nothing personally at stake can afford to ignore such commercial realities, but businessmen who are looking to find buyers for their imports are not going to waste their time going through Onne or Rivers, and then deal with the hassle of transferring their goods over the River Niger and through the Benin to Ore road all the way to Ibadan and Lagos, when they could achieve the same end goal much more easily by simply bringing the goods in through Lagos or even Cotonou.

shukuokukobambi:


The question I'm interested in is why is Lagos more import oriented than others? Is it a deliberate FG plan? Or a result of Yoruba jazz? Or the importers chose Lagos for purely commercial reasons? Or the importers were forced to use Lagos against their will?

I'm not directing these questions to you personally but your post captures what is pertinent to this thread

Obi1kenobi:


I know absolutely nothing about the maritime sector, but my dad once told me (in one of his anti-government rants ) that the government pretty much sabotage the import capacity of other ports ensuring most goods are routed through Lagos ports. Then again, he was no authority on the issue either as he was an FIRS official. But think about it. Despite the massive problems in clearing goods at the Lagos ports, it still accounts for the bulk of import traffic. There must be underlying policy and structural problems that are responsible for this.

I would still wait for someone in the know to illuminate this issue.

Obi1kenobi:


Seems to me mostly a case of policy obstacles. I know importers from the East who always come down to Lagos to clear their goods at the ports. There is no way in hell they'd do this if they had a choice.