NRC will soon commence movement of containers to Kaduna – Opeifa
NRC will soon commence movement of containers to Kaduna - Opeifa
Segun Oladipupo
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation NRC) in Tuesday, assured the management of Inland Containers Nigeria Limited (ICNL), Kaduna, of seamless movement of containers by rail from Apapa Port to Kaduna and further to Kano.
He made the assertion while receiving the Management Team of the ICNL, led by the Managing Director Mr Omotayo Dada, at the NRC headquarters Ebute Metta, Lagos, on Tuesday.
The visit was sequel to one by the NRC Managing Director, to ICNL headquarters in Kaduna which paved the way for discussion on the resumption of container movement by rail to Kaduna.
Opeifa, who said the corporation was willing to partner with major movers of large containers from across the country, added that only recently, the NRC entered into a partnership with APMT for the movement of containers from Apapa to the Inland Dry Port in Ibadan, Oyo State.
He said the corporation would continue to design products for companies willing to use the rail to move its cargoes, adding that with the ICNL partnership, the corporation hopes to move additional 50 to 100 containers per day from Lagos to Kano via, Apapa, Ijoko, Ilorin, Minna, and Kaduna.
Earlier, the Director of Operations and Commercial of the corporation, Mr Akin Osinowo, said the corporation was in talks with many manufacturers, including the Dangote Group of companies and BUA, among others.
He said that the Dangote Group of companies had approached it for the movement of fertilizer by rail, just as he added that the NRC still continues to service Lafarge, taking cement consignments from Ewekoro to Osogbo and Ilorin.
