Only users of approved truck parks will access ports – NPA

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By onepageafrica Last updated Mar 12, 2021

File Photo: L-R: The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman receives plaque from the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu during the Managing Director’s courtesy visit to the Governor to solicit support for the take-off of the Eto electronic truck call up app for the management of trucks at the ports in Lagos.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has declared that access into the ports by trucks would be determined by use of approved truck parks according to their categorisation.

Contained in a statement by the Head of Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr. Ibrahim Nasiru, the NPA also declared that Eto, the electronic call-up system for trucks has proven to be the much-needed solution in addressing the challenges of trucks clogging the port access roads.

“Two weeks after the introduction of Eto, the electronic truck call-app, the Authority is pleased that operations have justified the conviction that we have finally found the solution to the problem of truck congestion in the access roads into the Lagos Port Complex and the Tin Can Island Ports.”

The NPA also said that it was addressing every teething problem as they arose in the course of the operations, saying “Although, we have experienced teething problems as would be expected of innovations like this, the Authority is pleased that these issues are being tackled as they arise, and that steady progress is being made in the process.”

It added that “As part of efforts to deepen the impact of Eto and make the movement of trucks more seamless, the Authority, after consultations with stakeholders arrived at the following categorisation of trucks parks as batching points for all trucks doing business at the ports:

S/NO	APPROVED TRUCK PARKS & TAKE OFF-POINT	CATEGORY	CAPACITY
1	FORU Truck Terminal – Customer Service: – Phone: – 07061098106, 08134479319, 07063162562, 08069788397 Address: – 399, Ikorodu Road Ojota, Lagos.	Flatbeds / Export Containers	500
2	SODIK GARAGE Customer Service: – Phone: – 08034741329, 08033044136 Address: – 3, Happy Home Avenue, Kirikiri, Lagos	Flatbeds	500
3	ANET CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT. Customer Service: – Phone: 08099992444, 08037940068, 09037907837 Address: By second rainbow, Amuwo Odofin industrial estate	Flatbeds	250
4	Nigerian Army Properties Truck Park. Customer Service: – Phone: 07039741808, 08030912484 Address: Otto Wharf, Mile 2	Flatbeds	250
5	Bomarah Investment Ltd Customer Service: – Phone: 08023074819, 08069098096 Address: 36/42 Adeleye Street, Orile-Iganmu.	Flatbeds	100
6	Spezial Bau Limited. Customer Service: – Phone: 08038447044 Address: Olowotedo,Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Road.	Flatbeds / Export Containers	150
7	Lilypond Extension Phone: 08107813491, 08035371196, 07039514351, 09042499465 Ijora Olopa	Fish Trucks	100
8	JOF (Nig) Ltd Customer Service:- Phone: 080128208017, 08161708208, 081282508017 Address: Plot 3/4 Adewumi Industrial Estate, Kudirat Abiola Way, Oregun, Ikeja	Flatbeds	150
9	Hog – Amazon Ltd. Customer Service: – Phone: 08033071513, 08138730128 Address: Plot 11-16 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Okorisan Epe, Opposite Old Bergeryard.	Flatbeds / Export Containers	200
10	MPS Global Services (Koro Park). Customer Service: – Phone: 08037072289 Address:- 2 Oba Ganiyu Adesanya Street, Opposite Lawma Office, Ijora Olopa	Reefer Containers	150
11	AREWA TRUCK PARK (Ascon Trucks Park) Customer Service: – Phone: 08033981938, 08023982212	Arewa Trucks	250
12	HST Truck Park: Customer Service: – Phone: 08034006969, 08037654321, 08097682120 Address:- 359/361 Old Ojo Road, Abule Osun	Multi-use	300
13	Nigerian Breweries TruckYard Customer Service: – Phone: 07068765729, 08054022022, 08030912484 Address: Constain Round -about, Iganmu	Multi-use	150
14.	Starlink Global & Ideal Limited Customer Service: – Phone: 08089610981, 08144742274 Address: Ikeja, Lagos	Export	100
15.	LAGFERRY Terminal (Operated by SRIPD). Customer Service: – Phone: 08023246665 Address: Mile 2, Lagos – Badagry Expressway, Amuwo – Odofin	Roro Barge Operation
16.	GMT Terminal Customer Service: – Phone: 08129938106, 07067895932 Address: Apapa	Roro Barge Operation
17.	Standard Flour Mills Customer Service: – Phone: 08023156862, 08066924504 Address: Apapa	Roro Barge Operation

It said that failure to use the approved truck parks based on the categorisation detailed above, transporters and truck owners would be unable to access the ports.

It added that the Authority was working with Nigerian Export Promotion Council to arrive at a more conducive environment for the operation of export cargo owners.

The NPA advised truckers in that category to ensure they complete all documentation required by the Nigerian Customs Service, Terminal Operators and Shipping Lines before approaching the ports, as failure to complete the documentation would be met with denial of access into the ports.