Press Release
NIMPORT TO PARTNERS WITH NATIONAL INLAND WATERWAY AUTHORITY TO PROMOTE WATERWAY CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT
IMAGE From the projection reaching the maritime media , National Inland waterways Authority will soon be taking the rightful place in waterway development if the effort that is currently been made by the Managing Director Engr, Boss Mustapha to reposition the agency meet the expected the success. This coming from the meeting with Chairman of NIMPORT, Nigeria International Ports and Terminal Development Promotion group, Mr Fortune Idu, who was at the NIWA headquarters to begin discussion on the NIWA future programmes and how it will be capture in the development promotion plan for NIMPORT 2017.
Engr, Boss has highlighted that plan n top gear to give NIWA not just focus to drives change inland water transport in Nigeria and have the four inland river ports to work next year but also give the NIWA a waterway corridor development regulation powers to allow it evolve and enforce standards and procedure that will enable the Federal government to get maximum yield on its rivers for transport, logistics, agriculture and tourisms.
The meeting which has also the Managing Director SANY Nigeria Ltd at NIWA to make presentation the equipment on new port technology from China that can support river port project was ask by Mr Fortune Idu to also include port equipment project into investment partnering with Nigeria to help it off load it huge infrastructure deficit while making Nigeria the home of sales to West Africa market on port technology and equipment.
The river transport is key to the development a section of Nigeria economy that affect directly well over 25 million people who lives with the river belt of Nigeria and indirectly on the nation’s economy where the hither land industry can have cheaper transport access to Big city market that are known to exist with corridors of the Nigeria waterways. With the introduction of SANY Niger procedure regulate is be As Nigeria seek to further her industry and manufacturing capacity towards promoting export, the ports, terminal and warehousing subsector require to build capacity for heavy duty equipment sourcing, supply, leasing and maintenance to guarantee sustainable operation.
With the challenging problems of high operational cost of running most Nigeria ports and terminals services, investors are looking at improving efficiency of equipment and machinery used at various operations to reduce loses and improve service delivery time.
Industry watchers have started calling for improvement in the equipment and facilities used at our ports to help enhance efficiency and reduce damages on the paving of the ports and road facilities.
This is reflected in the press release issued by the Chairman of NIMPORT Mr Fortune Idu at inauguration of the SANY, a Chinese global leading manufacturer in ports equipment into NIMPORT committee for the promotion of ports and terminals development and technology in Nigeria.
Mr Idu who disclosed that the industry is failing to address the problems caused by the old and used equipment at the ports also indicated that for cost reasons many concessionaire have been shying away from buying new equipment only to spend more money fixing used inefficient equipment. This he said do not only in the long term bring financial loses to investors but also causes damage to both pavement of the ports works areas and the access to the ports and terminals leading the traffic congestions.
To this end, NIMPORT in collaboration with SANY will be hosting a business networking lunch seminar meeting for operatives in the industry to discuss on this matters and bring awareness on the effect of the practices. SANY Nigeria Ltd is set to deploy various categories of port and terminal equipment into Nigeria to support the growing port and logistics industry.
The company which is registered now in Nigeria desires to grow with Nigeria port and terminal industry and to give the industry full service support of international standard and have begun demonstrating their good intention by supporting the hosting of the POST NIMPORT Networking meeting. SANY is very willing to partner with Nigeria companies and people who are interested in being part of its distributor chain for brand new and market built equipment with standing durability and cost effective pricing.
In reaction to these, the Managing Director of SANY Nigeria ltd, Mr Max Miao Yu acknowledge the company strong interest in solidifying its base in Nigeria and look forward to the networking meeting to meet with interested partners and to give further insight to the business opportunity their company offers.
The networking seminar will future major industry leaders in the port, terminal and logistics sector with keynote address by the Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman on the importance of improving port efficiency by using the right equipment. Other distinguished guests to the business networking meeting are the Lagos State Commissioner of Transportation, Federal Ministry of Transportation the Director of Maritime Service and the other heads of the port and terminal companies. Admission to the seminar is free but by invitation.
This industry seminar touches on various aspects of port equipment application, classification and operations. This is particularly important to help reduce economic losses at the port and logistics corridors, broken down trucks, lifters, forklifts etc. It will also help buyers of equipment and users to enjoy longer life of equipment and show various available financing processes for equipment procurement.