The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has spent over $200 million on dredging the channels leading to various ports in Lagos over the past 10 years. The dredging is done annually at a scope of 2.6 million cubic meters per year. The cost per cubic meter initially was $3.71 million but increased due to maintenance needs and meeting international standards.
The Nigerian Ports Authority has spent over $200million on dredging the channels leading to the Lagos Port Complex , the Tin-Can Island Port , Roro Port and container terminal in the last 10 years, it was learnt.
The reports and the charts, the senior official added, “are computerised in a format that confirms to the SOLAS requirements.
In this respect, “it is essential for the NPA to provide the required attention and ensure that the water depths are maintained, have concrete plan for the channels to the entrance to the ports at the statutory levels. These responsibilities, the senior ministry official said, “ cover the maintenance of the channel, depths and the navigational means that are required for the safe sailing of the vessels through the entrance to the port and within the ports.”
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