Moorings NPA First container ship owned by Nigeria entirely

Moorings NPA First container ship owned by Nigeria entirely

Lagos (basic reporter) in a reference result in the Nigerian maritime sector, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) oriented the first container ship entirely owned by Nigerian on Wednesday 2 July 2025.

The container ship with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Number 9508770 MV Ocean Dragon is owned by Clarion Shipping West Africa Limited has a capacity of 349 equivalent units of 349 feet (teu) gives a push to an agreed investment region in an African reaction with the reaction and investments competing in a western region and a western region in a western region and a western region A western region and a western region and a western region and a western region and a western region and a western region and a western region and a western region and a western region and western region and a western region and a western region and a western region and a western region and a western and western region and a western region for the reaction and the region. Alternative to road transport while the efforts of the Authority to deepen the Multi -Modism crystallize.

It is scheduled to operate in West Africa and beyond, in the service of ports in Nigeria, Repubblica Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Egypt, South Africa and others, with expressions of interest for the companies already established.

According to the CEO/ CEO of the NPA, Abubakar Dutsoho, the development shows the readiness of the agency to maximize the earnings derived from the African continental free trade area (AFCFTA).

He said: “This development is a testimony of our relentless commitment to the deepening of the efficiency required to maximize our potentials of marine and blue economy in line with the push of the honorable minister of the Marine and Blu Adgboyega Oyetola, whose tenacity of purpose has culminated in the recent FEC approval of the FEC approval of the approval of the FEC in which the marine and blue economy”.

Speaking, the vice -president of Clarion Shipping West Africa Limited, Bernadine Eloka, said that the acquisition of the container ship was a bold solution to the high risk of loads in Nigeria and a strategic move to deepen regional trade under the AFCFTA.

He also informed that, the Clarion group is destined to offer more efficient intra-African shipping services while opening new commercial opportunities through ports in Nigeria, Ghana, ivory coast and beyond.

He said: “We acquired MV Ocean Dragon to offer an alternative without continuity to the transport of containers on the road. Rather than fighting to move the containers from Lekki to Onitsha, Port Harcourt or Calabar from truck, Ocean Dragon can move on to 349 containers by sea and deliver within two days of Port to Port”.

According to her, the application of the cabotage regime would encourage local investments, would create jobs and reduce Nigeria dependence on foreign owned navigation lines.

Also speaking, the CEO (MD) of Clarion Suncity Terminal Logistics Limited, Mustafa Mohammed, said that the company took aggressive measures to compete with the global giants, such as Maersk Line and MSC, exploiting its status of indigenous shipping regions of Nigeria, investing in assets that directly support the Nigerian extortions and

According to him, the company had already obtained reservations for 1,300 export containers and is helping farmers and producers to avoid losses caused by delays and lack of containers.

The main journalists report that this development is coming in the wake of the announcement of the NPA Abubakar Dutsoho of a new injection of $ 60 million in new investments towards the establishment of developments of ecological ports catalyzed by the renewed orientation of the Authority for the development of the Nigerian content.