How Dangote’s Refinery will enhance Nigeria’s IMO Council bid

By Godwin Oritse

Nigeria’s maritime profile is acceptable to person a boost successful November arsenic crude lipid deliveries to the Dangote Refinery by Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), coupled with the facility’s increasing exports of refined products, volition adhd to the nation’s shipping tonnage.

This improvement could heighten Nigeria’s chances of retaining power astatine the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council, wherever rank is tied to a country’s publication to planetary shipping activities.

It should beryllium noted that a country’s practice connected the IMO Council is mostly determined by its shipping tonnage. With the recently commissioned works coming afloat connected stream, Nigeria’s chances of securing a spot connected the Council volition person a humble boost.

This is due to the fact that the refinery has already contributed importantly to the nation’s import   and export tonnage since it began operations, thereby strengthening Nigeria’s commercialized illustration successful planetary shipping.

Reacting to the development, Capt. Tajudeen Alao noted that Nigeria stands a beardown accidental successful its bid for a spot connected the IMO Council, fixed the efforts already being made to fortify the nation’s shipping interests.

He added that the state is presently investing successful cardinal infrastructure projects aimed astatine boosting shipping activities and facilitating planetary commercialized crossed West and Central Africa.

The erstwhile vessel skipper explained that, speech from South Africa and Central Africa, Nigeria records the highest level of maritime activities successful the region. He added that the state has besides played a important relation successful reducing piracy successful the Gulf of Guinea, a determination that volition besides heighten the country’s chances.

He explained that Category ‘C’ of the Council is reserved for subordinate states with a peculiar involvement successful marine proscription and navigation.

He said: “Yes, Nigeria stands a bully accidental successful our bid for Category ‘C’ of the IMO Council because, successful West and Central Africa isolated from South Africa maritime activities are much concentrated successful Nigeria. We person played a important relation successful curbing piracy successful the Gulf of Guinea, our Maritime Academy remains top-notch, and determination has been a notable summation successful shipping activities with the commissioning of the Dangote Refinery and the Lekki Deep Seaport project.”

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