Nigeria: ports received 5,090 ships in 2015 - report

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The Delta Port Complex was worst hit by the cargo decline as it recorded a gross tonnage of 7.5m tonnes, showing a decrease of 33.5 percent from the year 2014 figure of 11.3m gross tonnes.

Rivers Port Complex was significantly affected. Its GT went down by 29 percent to 4.4m tonne compared with 6.2m gross tonnes achieved the previous year.

GT at the Lagos Port Complex (LPC) declined by 3.9 percent from 22.2m tonnes to 21.3m.

Tin can Island Port recorded 7.1 percent decrease as its gross tonnage went down to 16.2m tonne from the 17.5m recorded in 2014.

Calabar Port Complex recorded 2.1m tonne of GT, showing a decline of 9.2 per cent from 2.3m gross tonnes in 2014.

For Onne Port Complex, there is a marginal one per cent decrease of GT from 26.8m in 2014 to 26.5m.

Meanwhile, the cargo throughput for the year stood at 195.9 metric tonnes (MT) which showed a marginal increase of 0.8 per cent over the 194.4m achieved in 2014, a statement by the authority's spokesman, Capt. Iheanacho Ebubeogu, said.

Cargo throughput is the total volume of cargo (inward and outward) handled in all the port locations during the period under review.