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The patronage of the Warri ports in Delta State is on the upswing , as about 26 vessels berthed at the port for various transactions in the fist quarter of the year.
This is coming on the heels of the state government’s efforts at revamp the Delta Ports including Koko, Warri, and Burutu ports.
BusinessDay investigation reveal that the vessels conveyed a total of 364,450 tons, made up of 240, 597 wet cargo and123, 853 dry cargo.
A total of 12 ships including MV Seawave, MV Fortune, MV Union Force, MV Torero, MV Nescal and MV lady Doja deals in wet cargo.
Topping the list of the wet cargo was crude oil, petrol, diesel, kerosene, low petroleum fuel oil (LPFO) and high petroleum fuel oil (HPFO).
The Warri shipping reports revealed that other oil tankers that conveyed wet consignment to include MV Ekturus, MVPara Pita, MV Akuada MVAfrican Prince and MV Skgica.
According to the report, the dry cargo handled at the port during the period were fish, wheat, bitumen and construction equipment.
The vessels that conveyed the dry cargo in the first quarter were MV J.S Abundance, MV Astra, MV Mova Terra, MVBekkie, MV Frio Canarias, MV Fino and MVSpar TWQ.
Others were Tokyo Bay , Eckhatdt, Sichem Peace, Nova Friersia, Montecruz Matterhorn, Hanne C. Vinson and Walvis.
During the period under review, the highest volume of cargo throughput of 158,424 tones was recorded in March, followed by February with 111,180 tonnes and 94,846 tonnes in January.
The volume of transactions recorded during the period under review compared favourably with previous years where few or no transaction was recorded.
The upswing in activities at the Warri ports is traceable to the rekindled interest of port users following the return of peace to the Delta Waterways and the seizure fire by warring ethnic groups in the state.
This is coming on the heels of the state government’s efforts at revamp the Delta Ports including Koko, Warri, and Burutu ports.
BusinessDay investigation reveal that the vessels conveyed a total of 364,450 tons, made up of 240, 597 wet cargo and123, 853 dry cargo.
A total of 12 ships including MV Seawave, MV Fortune, MV Union Force, MV Torero, MV Nescal and MV lady Doja deals in wet cargo.
Topping the list of the wet cargo was crude oil, petrol, diesel, kerosene, low petroleum fuel oil (LPFO) and high petroleum fuel oil (HPFO).
The Warri shipping reports revealed that other oil tankers that conveyed wet consignment to include MV Ekturus, MVPara Pita, MV Akuada MVAfrican Prince and MV Skgica.
According to the report, the dry cargo handled at the port during the period were fish, wheat, bitumen and construction equipment.
The vessels that conveyed the dry cargo in the first quarter were MV J.S Abundance, MV Astra, MV Mova Terra, MVBekkie, MV Frio Canarias, MV Fino and MVSpar TWQ.
Others were Tokyo Bay , Eckhatdt, Sichem Peace, Nova Friersia, Montecruz Matterhorn, Hanne C. Vinson and Walvis.
During the period under review, the highest volume of cargo throughput of 158,424 tones was recorded in March, followed by February with 111,180 tonnes and 94,846 tonnes in January.
The volume of transactions recorded during the period under review compared favourably with previous years where few or no transaction was recorded.
The upswing in activities at the Warri ports is traceable to the rekindled interest of port users following the return of peace to the Delta Waterways and the seizure fire by warring ethnic groups in the state.
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