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Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by whiteboyswag: 10:39am On Feb 16, 2016

Pls house let's have a matured and sensitive discussion, pls I'm here to learn no base.
In the past years we have seen lagos grow and still growing into a mega city where every local government area have benefited heavily and even neighbouring States benefiting from its overflow because of major activities happening in the state one of which is the tincan port apapa which generates more than 60 percent of internal revenue for the state.
My question is with all the traffic gridlock in the state why is it that most goods(cars mostly) still come in only though lagos.

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Nobody: 10:43am On Feb 16, 2016

Insecurity (piracy, militancy and all the other cys)

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Demdem(m): 11:05am On Feb 16, 2016

Obiagelli:
Insecurity (piracy, militancy and all the other cys)

Wellsaid. and the earlier the people of these zones wakes up these things the better for them.
its not by giving ultimatums or directives or threatening companies.
They are the ones killing themselves.

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by whiteboyswag: 11:06am On Feb 16, 2016

I don't think so ppl still do business here in SS n SE. Sometime ago I heard it's more expensive to clear a car in onne(rivers) port compared to lagos but why should it be like that is it not govt fee why should it vary.

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Teddeebear: 11:32am On Feb 16, 2016

Obiagelli:
Insecurity (piracy, militancy and all the other cys)

liar,
liar …

the answer is simple, Yoruba agenda politics

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by K9blunt(f): 11:33am On Feb 16, 2016

Its because the government there don't think outside the box. They only think of allocation and awaoyel
My dear am from delta and am very disappointed that the as doesn't think straight, therefore the constructive and mature response you seek won't really come.

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Nobody: 11:55am On Feb 16, 2016

whiteboyswag:
I don't think so ppl still do business here in SS n SE. Sometime ago I heard it's more expensive to clear a car in onne(rivers) port compared to lagos but why should it be like that is it not govt fee why should it vary.

Cost of shipping down there is more expensive not costume clearance

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by whiteboyswag: 11:56am On Feb 16, 2016

Calabar and onne is a little fair at least little business still go on there but for delta it's a sorry state there is nothing happening there when I say nothing I mean nothing and I wonder if it's politically driven or its marginalization or its the ppl of the area that are causing this mayhem/plaque for themselves or what?

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by johnmark1234(m): 12:15pm On Feb 16, 2016

whiteboyswag:
Pls house let's have a matured and sensitive discussion, pls I'm here to learn no base.
In the past years we have seen lagos grow and still growing into a mega city where every local government area have benefited heavily and even neighbouring States benefiting from its overflow because of major activities happening in the state one of which is the tincan port apapa which generates more than 60 percent of internal revenue for the state.
My question is with all the traffic gridlock in the state why is it that most goods(cars mostly) still come in only though lagos.

Because they don't want' but don't ask me who.

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by IGBOPRINCE: 12:22pm On Feb 16, 2016

Obiagelli:
Insecurity (piracy, militancy and all the other cys)

if what you said is the major reasons then they should start the dredging of river niger or imo river for seaports .

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Siberia101: 12:23pm On Feb 16, 2016

Who wanna Risk his ship on Nigerdelta waters?

Abeg offload my container in Lag while I send them through the roads to Onitsha biko

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by better85(m): 12:33pm On Feb 16, 2016

Because Federal Government don't trust them since they betrayed Igbos because of Promise for one thing or the other,the Hausa/Fulani govt may tot that they may still betray anybody just to aim what they want...the last time i checked Rivers state was minority and still minority state plus Delta and Cross River and their Govt is so bad and corrupt while indigenes are lazy,poor and unskillful so tel me are u doing that for Rivers or Onitsha and Aba...dats what Hausa/Fulani will tel u..shioor

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by IGBOPRINCE: 12:40pm On Feb 16, 2016

whiteboyswag:
I don't think so ppl still do business here in SS n SE. Sometime ago I heard it's more expensive to clear a car in onne(rivers) port compared to lagos but why should it be like that is it not govt fee why should it vary.

don't mind them they speak like they know much. If there is insecurity in onne ports, what is wrong in bringing escorts or what s wrong if the govt deploys soldiers/navy or police to protect the place. Someone here quick to replied insecurity,militancy and so on.
If such vices is chasing businessmen then they should think of dredging river niger in anambra state and making it an alternative option since onne port is not conducive and protective.

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Nobody: 12:48pm On Feb 16, 2016

IGBOPRINCE:
if what you said is the major reasons then they should start the dredging of river niger or imo river for seaports .

I agree

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by ceaz4r(m): 12:50pm On Feb 16, 2016

Obiagelli:
Insecurity (piracy, militancy and all the other cys)

How come this 'insecurity' didn't stop petroleum activities in that same region the way it 'affected' port activites?

How come other businesses, especially individual businesses, still trive there in the Niger Delta?
Please enlighten us.

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Nobody: 12:56pm On Feb 16, 2016

ceaz4r:

How come this 'insecurity' didn't stop petroleum activities in that same region the way it 'affected' port activites?

How come other businesses, especially individual businesses, still trive there in the Niger Delta?
Please enlighten us.

Pls remind me how many barrels of crude is being in that area according to Goodluck jonathan?

Just last week the navy foiled attempts by pirates to attack a ship in that same area.

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by IGBOPRINCE: 12:57pm On Feb 16, 2016

ceaz4r:

How come this 'insecurity' didn't stop petroleum activities in that same region the way it 'affected' port activites?

How come other businesses, especially individual businesses, still trive there in the Niger Delta?
Please enlighten us.

lol don't mind her she doesn't know sth is fishing.
My own concerns is that obuaku river in abia state could serves as alternative option if onne port is declining businessmen and women.

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Nobody: 12:58pm On Feb 16, 2016

I am out of this thread, i hate emotional arguments

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by jpphilips(m): 12:59pm On Feb 16, 2016

whiteboyswag:
Pls house let's have a matured and sensitive discussion, pls I'm here to learn no base.
In the past years we have seen lagos grow and still growing into a mega city where every local government area have benefited heavily and even neighbouring States benefiting from its overflow because of major activities happening in the state one of which is the tincan port apapa which generates more than 60 percent of internal revenue for the state.
My question is with all the traffic gridlock in the state why is it that most goods(cars mostly) still come in only though lagos.

You want to learn yet you have concluded on their status?

Now change your thread to something like this;

Gents, can I get a heads up on the status of the following ports.

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by ijedallar: 1:13pm On Feb 16, 2016

for a better answer to your question: google jonathan you may not survive this by Obasanjo.you will pety the south south and south east,we still have a long way to go in that regards

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by obailala(m): 2:04pm On Feb 16, 2016

Teddeebear:
liar,
liar …

the answer is simple, Yoruba agenda politics

Are you aware that life is all about competition? Every business man or trader wants all the customers to come into his shop. So while the Yorubas are scheming for imports to come in through their ports/shops, what have SE and SS leaders been doing for decades? What did even Jonathan do about this in his 5 years?

Bro before you blame the other man for hustling hard to fend for himself and his children, ask youself what your own fathers/leaders have been doing to meet your needs when they get to Abuja.

Meanwhile you want customers to branch into your store yet you eulogise pirates and some common criminals who smoke weed and operate infront of your shop; and then when the customers are scared away, you blame the owner of the other shops of using juju. Wake up man! It's all common sense.

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by whiteboyswag: 4:59pm On Feb 16, 2016

Carefully reading most comments I see that the state govt and the ppl of the region are to blame but I must ask the port is controlled by the federal government rite? So it shld be in there jurisdiction to make other ports function except there is a hidden agenda with lagos we don't know about.

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by kayfra: 5:15pm On Feb 16, 2016

whiteboyswag:
Carefully reading most comments I see that the state govt and the ppl of the region are to blame but I must ask the port is controlled by the federal government rite? So it shld be in there jurisdiction to make other ports function except there is a hidden agenda with lagos we don't know about.

When you've participated in international trade, you will understand the concept of insurance. For any shipper to agree to ship goods out to those ports, they have to pass the cost of increased insurance premiums to the people that want to ship goods to that region. Increased insurance means increased shipping fees and also the dangers in the water means more chances of a force majeure.

Nobody wants to play emotional politics with their containers, not my igbo business oriented friends. They'll rather use Lagos for obvious reasons coz it's a lot more cheaper landing cost. If you and I both sell product X, I ship to Lagos and you ship to Onne and we both sell in the SE markets. I'll out compete you every damned day, 365 days of the year.

For crude shipments, the cost of high insurance is already factored in and we also don't have any other feasible port to ship oil other than those ones. This increases our cost of crude and it's one of the reasons we can't sell crude as competitive as Angola. Those sea pirates and miscreants have jacked up our costs!

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by smoothpapuzy(m): 5:59pm On Feb 16, 2016

Simple, because the south south believe that the Igbo man is their problem. Because the south south man has chosen not to join forces with the south eastern brothers.
This your question is the result of what adaka boro and ken Sato wiwa did to his people.

Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by PapaBrowne(m): 6:22pm On Feb 16, 2016

My answer is coming

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Super1Star: 6:29pm On Feb 16, 2016

U na no dey tire for this question?

Despite that, some people will keep shouting Yoruba Agenda and yet they will never direct their shipments to those ports.

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by baralatie(m): 6:34pm On Feb 16, 2016

Well the reason is very clear.
The Lagos ports have overtime evolved to be labelled as an import based port facility hence the cost of business is cheaper!
But the Onne and Calabar ports are labelled to be the export based ports and what it means is that for any one to import through onne and calabar pays a high charge to use those facilities than when done through lagos!
Delta port is only a mid sized port for specific movement hence it cannot support what Lagos handles and is not designated to do what onne,calabar is required to do

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Teddeebear: 10:17pm On Feb 16, 2016

obailala:
Are you aware that life is all about competition? Every business man or trader wants all the customers to come into his shop. So while the Yorubas are scheming for imports to come in through their ports/shops, what have SE and SS leaders been doing for decades? What did even Jonathan do about this in his 5 years?

Bro before you blame the other man for hustling hard to fend for himself and his children, ask youself what your own fathers/leaders have been doing to meet your needs when they get to Abuja.

Meanwhile you want customers to branch into your store yet you eulogise pirates and some common criminals who smoke weed and operate infront of your shop; and then when the customers are scared away, you blame the owner of the other shops of using juju. Wake up man! It's all common sense.

thanks for saying the truth, yorubas are the ones blocking the success. At least we know how Yoruba killed TINAPA. at least we have seen how Fashola has earmarked N88billion for SW and 2billion for SE

hahaha, tomorrow someone will shout "one Nigeria"

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Nobody: 11:09pm On Feb 16, 2016

Teddeebear:
thanks for saying the truth, yorubas are the ones blocking the success. At least we know how Yoruba killed TINAPA. at least we have seen how Fashola has earmarked N88billion for SW and 2billion for SE

hahaha, tomorrow someone will shout "one Nigeria"

Its like someone painted that word "Yoruba" with Cashew water on your brain grin

Everything in your brain is "Yoruba" grin

You'll soon go loco

If they steal your Gala, It's Yoruba. If you fail your exam, it's Yoruba

You'll soon tell us its Yoruba that created you

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Teddeebear: 11:15pm On Feb 16, 2016

OmoAjowa7:

Its like someone painted that word "Yoruba" with Cashew water on your brain

Everything in your brain is "Yoruba" You'll soon go loco

If they steal your Gala, It's Yoruba. If you fail your exam, it's Yoruba

You'll soon tell us its Yoruba that created you

to hell with your pride, just like GEJ takes blame for APC's failures

yoruba is the problem of Nigeria - Sanusi

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Nobody: 11:20pm On Feb 16, 2016

Teddeebear:
to hell with your pride, just like GEJ takes blame for APC's failures

yoruba is the problem of Nigeria - Sanusi

GEJ and APC issues are you and your grandma's business. I don't care about that

Why are you telling me about Sanusi? grin

Is it Sanusi that said you should go loco on Yoruba matters?

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Re: Why Is ONNE, Calabar & Delta Sea Port Under Utilized. by Teddeebear: 11:27pm On Feb 16, 2016

OmoAjowa7:

GEJ and APC issues are you and your grandma's business. I don't care about that

Why are you telling me about Sanusi? Is it Sanusi that said you should go loco on Yoruba matters?

Bleep off my mention, i don't want to say what i should not say, my experiences with yorubas are terrible, from neighborhood to workplace, etc even in church, the same pride and silly ego ……

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