Lafarge WAPCO Begins Rail Distribution of Cement

11 Oct 2011
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By Crusoe Osagie

In partnership with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Cement Manufacturing Company, Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc, has commenced transportation of cement from its Ewekoro Plant by rail to its customers nationwide.
Lafarge WAPCO is the only cement company connected by rail in Nigeria.

The partnership, which would ensure faster and regular supply of the company’s products (Elephant and Supaset cement) to the target customers, would see NRC moving about 2,000 tonnes of cement per week on a short term and later 6,000 tonnes on a weekly basis.
Speaking at the Ministerial flag-off to officially commence the operations at the Ewekoro Plant of the company, was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge WAPCO, Mr. Samy Abdelkader.

He said, “We will continue to partner with government in order to achieve the dream of self-sufficiency and availability of cement in Nigeria. This is another way to demonstrate our support to the Federal Government’s policy of backward integration in the cement sub-sector”.
“Lafarge WAPCO is committed to making cement available to Nigerians at all times and this is why this partnership with the Nigerian Railway Corporation is very important to us. We are optimistic that the use of Rail Transport will go a long way to ensure that our products - Elephant Cement and Supaset - get to the final users in a safe, reliable and faster way.

“It will interest you to know that, apart from the opportunity of reaching our far distance customers in the North, the haulage by train will also help to reduce the traffic congestions on our roads. For example, one single haulage trip by rail is equivalent to 25 trucks of cement which would ordinarily have taken about two or four days to deliver, thus reducing the pressure on our roads”, Abdelkader added.

He also noted that being a safety conscious organisation, the company was looking into the peculiarities of rail transport in order to see how best to make the operation safe.

Lafarge WAPCO has been partnering with the Nigerian Railway Corporation since its establishment to transport its products to customers.  The company has equally optimised its depot strategy with the opening of twelve new depots across the nation, while its logistics system is also being enhanced with brand new trucks.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/lafarge-wapco-begins-rail-distribution-of-cement/100153/

Ogun State on the rise.

I can now connect the dots why Dangote was speaking of building rail lines to distribute his product.

Healthy competition is what we need.

ekt_bear:

Ogun State on the rise.

ekt_bear:

Ogun State on the rise.

Oodua group owns 10% shareholding so no be only Ogun state 

ekt_bear:

Ogun State on the rise.

That all you noticed in the article? Yeye dey smell!

Ufeolorun:

Oodua group owns 10% shareholding so no be only Ogun state 

Didn't know that!

My bad. In that case, SW on the rise.

^^^ That's less than 10% after WHT deductions to the FG so ; Your bad!
Try 'Nigeria on the rise'.

^^^Nigeria have the highest population in Africa. Your bad!
Why not try 'Africa on the rise' next time

^^^^Haba, The world owns africa

The world on the rise,

lmao

Nice one GEJ! He got the railways working again.

Relax101:

^^^^Haba, The Chinese own africa

The People's Republic on the rise, 

Fixed!

Long Live Hu Jintao

see how men they think.

wesley80:

^^^ That's less than 10% after WHT deductions to the FG so ; Your bad!
Try 'Nigeria on the rise'.

+1

Good one.

I will suggest the current rails be dedicated fully to transport goods.

Transporting of humans with those 1970 locomotives seems weird.

Spending 11 hours for a journey of 3 hours is also loss of productivity

our solar system on the rise!

moderatorr:

our solar system on the rise!

How does it affect the solar system
Dumb people on the rise

Our galaxy on the rise.

Funny thread.
It's simply Lafarge WAPCO on the rise. Everybody wan associate with progress sha.

Good think better product,

How does this affect the price of cement since they are spending less money and time on distribution?

The universe on the rise!

mayb dangote brag. Will reduce.

The Big B.ang is on the rise!
 

Finally,God on the rise!

Tom Ford:

Finally,God on the rise!

smh

Good initiative, although I still have reservations as to how effectively they can penetrate the Nigerian retail market, given the patchy and sluggish nature of our rail transport network.

Nairaland the level of illitracy on site is alarming
How does it affect the solar system
Dumb people on the rise

^It affects our solar system because some people in the south western part of Nigeria which is situated on the African continent on planet Earth are now able to transport cement by rail thereby causing joy peace and happiness to spread among all life forms in the Milky Way galaxy. Is that not a good thing?

Bawss1:

^It affects our solar system because some people in the south western part of Nigeria which is situated on the African continent on planet Earth are now able to transport cement by rail thereby causing joy peace and happiness to spread among all life forms in the Milky Way galaxy. Is that not a good thing?

. Mehn, you are something else.

Lakatabu on the move , go guys