Driven by the need to promote use of high-tech equipment to enhance port operation, the promoters of the Nigerian International Maritime Ports and Terminal (NIMPORT) has inaugurated SANY, a Chinese heavy machinery manufacturing company into NIMPORT committee.
Fortune Idu, chairman of NIMPORT, who observed that many concessionaire shy away from acquiring new equipment, only to spend more money in repairing the old inefficient equipment, added that the inauguration was aimed at promoting the development of ports and terminals in Nigeria.
According to Idu, the approach of using old equipment results in long-term financial losses for the investor. To address this, NIMPORT in collaboration with SANY will be hosting a business networking seminar for industry operators to brainstorm and create awareness on the effects of the practices.
The seminar, he said, will bring together major industry players with the keynote address to be delivered by Hadiza Bala Usman, the managing director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), on the importance of improving port efficiency using the right equipment.
Max Miao Yu, the managing director of SANY Nigeria Ltd, who acknowledged the company’s strong interest in solidifying its base in Nigeria, said that the firm is also looking forward to the networking meeting so as to meet with interested partners and to give further insight to the business opportunity the company offers.
He further disclosed the willingness of the company to partner with Nigerian companies interested in being part of its distributing chain for brand new and market built equipment with standing durability and cost effective pricing.
SANY Nigeria Ltd is set to deploy various categories of port and terminal equipment into Nigeria to support the growing port and logistics industry. This industry seminar touches on various aspects of port equipment needed to help reduce economic losses at the port and logistics corridors.
AMAKA ANAGOR-EWUZIE
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