President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on 4 September inaugurate the upgraded West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) in Onne Port, Rivers State. The $115 million (approximately N178.2 billion)  project began about three years ago WACT, operated by APM Terminals in Onne, Rivers State, is the nation’s largest and most efficient container terminal outside Lagos. Its Managing Director, Jeethu Jose, told The Nation that …

A massive reconstruction plan of major ports – Tincan Island, Apapa, Onne, Warri and Calabar – is to be undertaken by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The project is estimated to cost $1 billion. Also to be built are: Badagry Deep Seaport, Snake Island, Burutu and Ondo Deep Seaports. Other initiatives on the card towards enhancing port competitiveness are the …