The SS
Apapa had been built by Harland & Wolff in Glasgow in 1914 at 7,832 tonnes for Elder, Dempster & Company, a mail carrying firm based in Liverpool.
Whiteman is partial to the Lagos Islands, and perhaps as a consequence of his commute between Ikoyi and
Apapa the reader could well miss out on the voices of residents of Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry.
The oil tankers operators were however interviewed at their packing locations at Ejigbo and
Apapa depots.
Ikoyi Island is situated east of Lagos Island and joined to it by a landfill; while
Apapa is the chief port district located on the mainland.
18 haul at the
Apapa seaport in Lagos, one of its biggest recent seizures, was based on "strong intelligence" received from foreign collaborators about four months ago.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said the haul at the
Apapa seaport in Lagos on Thursday, one of its biggest recent seizures, was based on "strong intelligence" received from foreign collaborators about four months ago.
OPERATORS of the
Apapa Container Terminal Port, AP Moller, say they have spent above $200 million on the facility since the firm took control of activities at the port following the Federal Government s decision to concession it in April 2006.
MANY years ago, a young boy sailed in and out of Liverpool aboard the Elder Dempster liners,
Apapa and Accra, on the West Africa run.
Reforms are under consideration for the railways sector, and building on the concessioning of the
Apapa port terminals, additional trade facilitation investments, both institutional and infrastructural, would be needed to improve customs clearance performance and port efficiencies.
Nigeria is beginning to reap the rewards from concessioning its container terminals to private operators: clearing goods at the port of
Apapa now takes 2 days less.
1 Nigerian Oil Storage and Distribution facility,
Apapa, Nigeria
The Lagos metropolis consists of four main areas--Ikoyi,
Apapa, Yaba and the Island (approximately 250 [km.