What is holding Baro river port and Onitsha River port is second Niger bridge project, there is no means small vessels can sail from warri port to Onitsha or Baro Niger state without going through Onitsha, JB has blocked the River Niger from Onitsha end, the ports will start functioning once they complete the bridge that main reason they are rushing the project, JB promised to deliver the bridge in 2020/2021

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MiddleSpot:
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Both ports has been completed

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That's what many don't know, the bridge most be completed before those ports function.

pipe dream

The first priority of our leaders is political importance of the port and not the economical importance.

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Useless Federal government

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The guy below needs a hot slap to restore his brain back to factory settings

Is Buhari trying to take away port monopoly from Lagos? I don't understand, he's supposed to be on our side. This cant' be happening. We're in charge here.

Wow.. Onitsha would be like Togo an Benin republic full of imported goods..

Inland waterways are secondary channels and are dependent on the international routes to operate. This is because inland ports and waterways have certain inherent limitations that prevent ocean-going vessels from passing or berthing at the ports. For instance, inland ports are usually bordered by bridges that make it impossible for big vessels to pass or berth.And with a draught of between 2.5 and 3.0 metres, inland waterways cannot accommodate big vessels that move on minimum draft of 8.5 metres. Consequently, mother vessels entering the country must first trans-load to smaller vessels which then will convey the goods through the inland channels to the river ports. The standard procedure is that mother vessels that are designed for a draught of between 8.5 and 10.5 metres ferry goods into the country and thereafter transfer the goods to barges, which in turn trans-load to smaller boats that can move on inland waterways and berth in inland ports.

Barges below

BeautifulMind2:
What is holding Baro river port and Onitsha River port is second Niger bridge project, there is no means small vessels can sail from warri port to Onitsha or Baro Niger state without going through Onitsha, JB has blocked the River Niger from Onitsha end, the ports will start functioning once they complete the bridge that main reason they are rushing the project, JB promised to deliver the bridge in 2020/2021

Lubish, the true problem they will have is Vessels choosing to go there, its like saying Lufthansa will land in Warri Airport by force. Please take the Onne Port as a case study as it is in private management.

Because top Politicians don't want it to function yet, simple sturvs.

Igbo will just push the whole importation to East and get extremely rich! Jeeeez

BeautifulMind2:

Both ports has been completed

This shanty is port? Jesus. This isn't better than ijora shit disposal site

AzizG550:
Useless Federal government

Go and meet your useless thief who has been impoverishing Nigerians for decades

Op this your explanation doesn’t make any sense. There is nothing that stops ports from operating when bridges are being constructed.

Name one country in this planet earth that shut down their river port to construct a bridge?

Give them referendum let them be shipping their spare parts through Lagos after queuing to beg for visa.

Awon oniyeye lmao

BeautifulMind2:
Inland waterways are secondary channels and are dependent on the international routes to operate. This is because inland ports and waterways have certain inherent limitations that prevent ocean-going vessels from passing or berthing at the ports. For instance, inland ports are usually bordered by bridges that make it impossible for big vessels to pass or berth.And with a draught of between 2.5 and 3.0 metres, inland waterways cannot accommodate big vessels that move on minimum draft of 8.5 metres. Consequently, mother vessels entering the country must first trans-load to smaller vessels which then will convey the goods through the inland channels to the river ports. The standard procedure is that mother vessels that are designed for a draught of between 8.5 and 10.5 metres ferry goods into the country and thereafter transfer the goods to barges, which in turn trans-load to smaller boats that can move on inland waterways and berth in inland ports.

Good xplanation but for vessel owners like Grimaldi, do you really wanna go fru that hassle? at what profit?logos is good for them to drop off as last West African port of discharge.

OP was making sense until he got to the point where he said that they are rushing the bridge.

Uncle, they aren't rushing anything!

It's taking more than five years to mount just pillars.

Maybe I need to know the latest definition of the word, RUSH

Do you know who was supposed to concession that Port to One Concessionnaire but ended up causing that Port to be unused till date? Check the former Director of NIWA.

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Igbo is a landlocked region yen yen yen....Igbos can never have seaport yen yen yen ....there is no seaport or water that can carry ship in Igbo land so therefore they should stop seeking for Biafra because they must be coming back to Lagos to clear their goods yen yen yen

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