From left: Executive Director, Administration, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited; Captain Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council; Pius Akutah MON, Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, John Jenkins, and Executive Director, Operations, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, Tobi Afolabi, during the maiden courtesy visit by the NSC-boss to Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, operators of Terminal C, Tin Can Island Port, Apapa and subsidiary of SIFAX Group Thursday.

Newly appointed Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers Council, Mr. Pius Ukeyima Akutah MON, has expressed satisfaction with the impact Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited PCHS, the flagship company and subsidiary of SIFAX Group has made on the nation’s maritime sector.

From right: Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, John Jenkins, presents a souvenir to the Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council, Pius Akutah MON, during his maiden courtesy visit to Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, operators of Terminal C, Tin Can Island Port, Apapa and subsidiary of SIFAX Group, Thursday.

Speaking during his maiden courtesy visit on the management of the terminal, the Shippers Council boss noted that Ports & Cargo has maintained its status as the foremost indigenous terminal operator in the country and has made everybody proud with the way it has run its operations.

Akutah said: “We are very pleased with the operations of the terminal over the years. You have positioned yourself as a terminal to reckon with. Your investments in the maritime sector has continued to shape the growth of the blue economy and you have proven that you have the necessary expertise to run this terminal very well.

“I want to solicit your support as always. President Bola Tinubu has given us a mandate and his eyes are firmly on the growth of the sector. We will roll out measures that will support your continued growth. The Council will firmly collaborate with all operators this year to maximize success and entrench more automation of the sector too.”

Managing Director of the company, John Jenkins in his response, thanked the NSC boss and hinted that the terminal is open and willing to collaborate with the Council to achieve the vision of the President.

Other management team members of the terminal present during the visit include Executive Director, Administration, Captain Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Director, Operations, Tobi Afolabi, AGM Transfer, PCHS, Sogo Faola, and Head, SIFAX Stevedoring, Patience Nwaogwugwu.