- Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho (middle), President, International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and Chief Executive Officer, Hamburg Port Authority, Jens Meier (second left), Managing Director, IAPH, Patrick Verhoeven (second right), NPA Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Vivian Richard Edet (right), and General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr. Ikechukwu Onyemekara, at the International Association for Ports & Harbours World Port Conference 2024 in Hamburg, Germany
By Anthony Nwachukwu
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has solicited the renewed support and technical synergy of the global shipping community as Nigeria finalises moves to implement the National Single Window (NSW) project.
Speaking as a participant at the ongoing World Ports Conference (WPC) 2024 in Hamburg, Germany, Dantsoho noted that Nigeria was accelerating with fresh vigour the implementation of the NSW project.
The NSW will “deepen port efficiency by eliminating the human interface that had hitherto undermined in-country trade facilitation efforts,” the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications Division, Uche Onyemechara, quoted him to say.
However, achieving it “requires “intensified international technical support to meet and indeed exceed global expectations.”
He stated that the tremendous policy support from Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, propelled the NPA’s finalisation of the crucial phase of the Port Community System (PCS) – the precursor to the NSW.
Responding to the call by the President of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), Mr. Jens Meier’s for ports to actively collaborate on knowledge sharing with the maritime community to accelerate decarbonisation, Dantsoho said “the NPA is fully aligned and we are deliberate at ensuring that our ongoing port modernisation programme is guided by the imperatives of eco-friendliness.”
The 2024 IAPH World Ports Conference, themed, “Managing Risk, Building Resilience and Unlocking Opportunities at Ports,” commenced on October 8, bringing together leaders in the global port community to share ideas necessary to face the realities of the challenges and opportunities
