ASPM celebrates 100th vessel berth at Lagos Midstream Jetty

Two years after it became fully operational, ASPM Limited, a subsidiary of OVH Energy, has marked the receipt of its 100th vessel berth at the Lagos Midstream Jetty (LMJ), netting an average of four vessels every month.

The Lagos Midstream Jetty, West Africa’s first privately owned midstream jetty, was rated the highest receiving jetty by CITAC, a sub-Saharan downstream oil market report, in the month of June.

BusinessDay understands that since the official commissioning of the Jetty in October 2017, it has supported the economy by supplying over 3.8 billion litres of fuels, providing quick and safe discharge services, aiding government’s zero-fuel-scarcity drive, reducing significantly the demurrage costs associated with vessels waiting to berth, and enabling employment and skills transfer opportunities to Nigerians.

“With these achievements, we are progressively delivering on our value proposition, which centers on radical transformation of the Nigerian downstream business by improving operational efficiencies in the downstream petroleum sector,” said Deji Osikoya, group head, ASPM, Engineering and Terminals.

According to him, in its less than two years of operations, the Lagos Midstream Jetty has recorded zero downtime, zero lost time injury, zero spills and zero total recordable case frequency (TRCF), demonstrating  our commitment to the highest safety standards.

“We are indeed very excited about this and we look forward to our next milestone. We will like to thank our customers and business partners, who have made this feat possible. Achieving these milestones is an indication of the trust and confidence they have in us to support their business aspirations and we are indeed happy to be part of this with them”, he said.

Osikoya also added that the Jetty has the capacity to receive up to 60,000MT (cargo size) vessel because the facility has a draft of 13.5 meters, which makes it the deepest privately owned midstream jetty on Lagos waters.

 

Amaka Anagor-Ewuzie