Nigerian ports recorded a rise in cargo traffic in 2017 to 71,903,266 from 70,819,092 cargo traffic recorded in 2016.
This was revealed in the Nigerian Ports Statistics 2012 – 2017 released yesterday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The statistics showed that 43,019,889 of the cargo traffic were inwards while 28,883,377 were outward.
The report further reflected that ship traffic at the Nigerian ports recorded a total of 4,175 ocean going vessels with 131,569,821 gross registered tonnage in 2017 as against 4,622 ocean going vessels with 134,2,13,076 gross registered tonnage in 2016.
Daily Trust’s analysis showed that a total of 12,243 service boats with 5, 910,406 gross registered tonnage was recorded in 2017 as against 9,418 service boats with 5,193,402 gross registered tonnage in 2016.
The report also showed that 181,404 vehicle traffics were recorded in 2017 at all the ports as against 105,189 and 131,994 vehicle traffic in 2016 and 2015 respectively.
The number of passenger traffic at the Calabar Port within the period under review was put at 6,704 in 2017 as against 7,442 in 2016.
