Esther Oritse
Lagos — The leadership of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has commenced the deployment of its Electronic Call Up system at the Onne Port Complex with a view to enhancing efficiency at the Eastern Ports.
Recall that the Federal Executive Council approved the deployment of the call up system to Onne port complex.
Disclosing this when the Executive team of the Call Up Technology Services Limited and Forge Concepts Limited, operators of the electronic solution paid a Pre-Implementation visit to the Managing Director of the NPA, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho said that the agency is putting measures in place to enforce that ports across the have a seamless operation in their service delivery.
Dantsoho said: “In line with the directive of the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, we are poised to provide the support necessary to fast track the automation of truck traffic for Onne before the end of this quarter.
“We would ensure that the operators structure their information technology deployments in a manner that seamlessly plugs into the Port Community System (PCS) and the forthcoming National Single Window (NSW) whilst also emphasizing sustainable use of alternative sources of energy.”
The Onne Port Complex which houses the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT) and Federal Lighter Terminal (FLT) and is also the largest Oil & Gas logistics base in West and Central Africa, has in recent times been recording unprecedented growth in vessel and cargo traffic.
Also recall that Abubakar Dantsoho was at a point, Port Manager for Onne Port Complex from 2020 to 2021 where he spearheaded innovative investor-friendly initiatives responsible for the year-on-year growth being recorded at the port.
