The 2024 International Association of Ports and Habours, IAPH, with several countries in attendance, has the  Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA,) Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, with some of his management team participating.

Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho (middle), President of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and CEO of Hamburg Port Authority Jens Meier (2nd Left), Managing Director IAPH, Mr. Patrick Verhoeven (2nd Right), Executive Director Finance & Administration, NPA Ms. Vivian Richard Edet (1st Right) and Mr. Ikechukwu Onyemekara, General Manager Corporate & Strategic Communications NPA (1st Left) at the International Association for Ports & Harbours World Port Conference 2024 in Hamburg, Germany.

The NPA Boss used the opportunity to  solicit partnerships, renewed support and technical synergy of the global shipping community as Nigeria finalizes moves to implement the National Single Window (NSW) project.

As a participant at the World Ports Conference held in Hamburg-Germany,  Dr. Dantsoho stressed that the National Single Window project has the potential to boost port efficiency and eliminate human interface.

His words “The renewed vigor with which Nigeria is accelerating the implementation of the National Single Window project will in fundamental terms, deepen port efficiencies by eliminating human interface which has undermine In-Country trade facilitation efforts. It requires intensified international technical support to meet and indeed exceed global expectations”, he said.

Dantsoho commended the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola’s policy support, which he said, propelled NPA’s finalization of the crucial phase of the Port Community System (PCS), which is the precursor to the NSW.

Responding to the call by the President of International Association of Ports & Harbours (IAPH), Mr Jens Meier for ports to actively collaborate on knowledge sharing with the maritime community to accelerate decarbonization, Dantsoho said “The NPA is fully aligned and we were deliberate at ensuring that our ongoing Port Modernization program is guided by the imperatives of eco-friendliness”.

The 2024 IAPH World Ports Conference with the theme “Managing Risk, Building Resilience and Unlocking Opportunities at Ports” commenced on 8th October in Hamburg, Germany. It brought together leaders in the global port community to share ideas necessary to face the realities of an epoch of unprecedented upheaval and opportunities.