Leading shipping terminal operator, APM Terminals Apapa has announced cut down in charges on overtime containers by 50% as a way of contributing to the freeing of occupied spaces and reducing port decongestion.
According to the Management, the 50 per cent discount is on 1,290 longstanding containers at the port.
In a statement made available to Business Hilights, APM Terminals group said “In support of the efforts of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to decongest the port to enable the discharge of new containers, urgently requests importers of the underlisted 1290 containers that have been in the terminal for 365 days to 4000 days, to clear them.
“To assist importers, and in support of government policy, the Terminal will offer 50 per cent discount on the storage charges for any of the listed containers delivered until March 15, 2020. Full tariff will be payable from March 16, 2020,” APM Terminals said in a notice to port users on Monday. Recently, APM Terminals Apapa had urged importers to ensure prompt delivery of their containers to avoid build-up at the port.
“We recently experienced substantial increase in volume of containers arriving through the seaports. This positive development can be attributed to various positive government policies such as improvement in the implementation of Ease of Doing Business policy, the Agriculture Promotion Policy and closure of land borders to curtail smuggling activities amongst others,” the terminal operator averred.
