10-07-2020, 02:02 PM
Nigerians rejoice as Onitsha sea port becomes functional after decades (photos/video)
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Onitsha sea port has become functional after it was commissioned yesterday, October 6.
Videos and photos from the scene show containers being offloaded.
According to presidential aide, Tolu Ogunlesi: "The Plan is to move containers from Lagos & Onne Ports to Onitsha by barge. For now I believe what’s being done is testing. You need to do a pilot first, assess efficiency, do troubleshooting etc, before you roll out full operations. But if it works as planned it’s gon be a BFD!!"
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He added: "So someone just pointed out to me that on the Maersk website,Onitsha is now available as a port of final destination. A vessel departing Shanghai Oct 10 (this Sat) has Onitsha listed as terminal port (arrival Dec 2, 2020)."
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The Onitsha sea port has been non-functional for decades and Nigerians took to Twitter to rejoice after it was commissioned.
Below are Twitter reactions, photos and a video.
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Onitsha sea port has become functional after it was commissioned yesterday, October 6.
Videos and photos from the scene show containers being offloaded.
According to presidential aide, Tolu Ogunlesi: "The Plan is to move containers from Lagos & Onne Ports to Onitsha by barge. For now I believe what’s being done is testing. You need to do a pilot first, assess efficiency, do troubleshooting etc, before you roll out full operations. But if it works as planned it’s gon be a BFD!!"
![[Image: 5f7d769e05f25.jpg]](https://alexis.lindaikejisblog.com/photos/shares/5f7d769e05f25.jpg)
He added: "So someone just pointed out to me that on the Maersk website,Onitsha is now available as a port of final destination. A vessel departing Shanghai Oct 10 (this Sat) has Onitsha listed as terminal port (arrival Dec 2, 2020)."
![[Image: 5f7d76c5d8d96.jpg]](https://alexis.lindaikejisblog.com/photos/shares/5f7d76c5d8d96.jpg)
The Onitsha sea port has been non-functional for decades and Nigerians took to Twitter to rejoice after it was commissioned.
Below are Twitter reactions, photos and a video.
![[Image: 5f7d76fae5476.jpg]](https://alexis.lindaikejisblog.com/photos/shares/5f7d76fae5476.jpg)
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