AfricaPorts and Logistics

APM Terminals to invest in Nigeria

APM Terminals will invest $600m in the Nigerian ports sector, the country’s president, Bola Tinubu, said yesterday following a meeting with Robert Maersk Uggla, the chair of AP Moller Maersk.

“We believe in Nigeria, and we will invest $600 million in existing facilities and make the ports accommodating for bigger ships,” the Nigerian presidency quoted Uggla as saying during the meeting.

Tinubu has vowed to revitalise the nation’s ports, which have been hit by growing levels of congestion in recent years. 

In January last year Nigeria, the most populous nation in West Africa, opened its first deepsea port in the outskirts of Lagos.

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
Back to top button