Dala Port Mgt Team Meets Stakeholders as Dry Port Opens Doors for Cargo
By Francis Ugwoke
The management team of the Dala Dry Port, Kano, is currently on a sensitization tour to meet stakeholders to announce its readiness for cargo handling operations.
Managing Director of the Dry Port, Alhaji Ahmad Rabiu said that with the dry port ready and having been declared Port of Origin by the federal government, the doors of the dry port were open for business.
Rabiu said the Dry Port can handle any size of cargo, adding that the management of the dry port was ready for commissioning ceremony.
He said that the commissioning may hold before the end of November this year when it is expected that President Muhammadu Buhari would be ready for the ceremony.
Rabiu disclosed that the dry port management has scheduled meetings with various stakeholders, including shipping lines and freight forwarders for collaboration.
He said the management of the company has scheduled a meeting with some shipping lines and others this week in Lagos.
He added that the managements of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have assured them of their co-operations.
The Chairman of Dala Inland Dry Port, Kano, Alhaji. Abubakar Sahabo Bawuro, had during a courtesy visit to the NPA last week said that the dry port plans to give preference to handling and packaging of non-oil export cargo.
Bawuro explained that the purpose of the courtesy visit was to collaborate with the NPA being the landlord of the ports in the country, adding that it was also to seek necessary support in what will lead to operational efficiency of the Dala dry port.
The Dala Port team was received by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko who stressed the need for the dry port operators take the position of non-oil export centres.
Bello-Koko who was represented on the occasion by the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Onari Brown, said such non-oil centres will be where agro-allied products and other mineral resources can be processed and sent to the seaports for shipment abroad.
He charged the IDPs to develop terminals that concentrate on handling of non-oil products so as to check delays in packaging and subsequent shipment.
He said this was important particularly as it affects perishable export goods.
The NPA MD assured that the organization would give necessary support to the IDPs so that they can achieve their objectives.
He added that the IDPs as part of their objectives were capable of reducing pressure on the seaports.
The management team of the Dala Dry Port, Kano, is currently on a sensitization tour to meet stakeholders to announce its readiness for cargo handling operations.
Managing Director of the Dry Port, Alhaji Ahmad Rabiu said that with the dry port ready and having been declared Port of Origin by the federal government, the doors of the dry port were open for business.
Rabiu said the Dry Port can handle any size of cargo, adding that the management of the dry port was ready for commissioning ceremony.
He said that the commissioning may hold before the end of November this year when it is expected that President Muhammadu Buhari would be ready for the ceremony.
Rabiu disclosed that the dry port management has scheduled meetings with various stakeholders, including shipping lines and freight forwarders for collaboration.
He said the management of the company has scheduled a meeting with some shipping lines and others this week in Lagos.
He added that the managements of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have assured them of their co-operations.
The Chairman of Dala Inland Dry Port, Kano, Alhaji. Abubakar Sahabo Bawuro, had during a courtesy visit to the NPA last week said that the dry port plans to give preference to handling and packaging of non-oil export cargo.
Bawuro explained that the purpose of the courtesy visit was to collaborate with the NPA being the landlord of the ports in the country, adding that it was also to seek necessary support in what will lead to operational efficiency of the Dala dry port.
The Dala Port team was received by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko who stressed the need for the dry port operators take the position of non-oil export centres.
Bello-Koko who was represented on the occasion by the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Onari Brown, said such non-oil centres will be where agro-allied products and other mineral resources can be processed and sent to the seaports for shipment abroad.
He charged the IDPs to develop terminals that concentrate on handling of non-oil products so as to check delays in packaging and subsequent shipment.
He said this was important particularly as it affects perishable export goods.
The NPA MD assured that the organization would give necessary support to the IDPs so that they can achieve their objectives.
He added that the IDPs as part of their objectives were capable of reducing pressure on the seaports.
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