{"id":20802,"date":"2018-01-25T10:35:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=20802"},"modified":"2018-01-25T10:35:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:35:19","slug":"bala-usman-arrival-fpso-egina-indicates-npas-capability-handling-vessels-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/bala-usman-arrival-fpso-egina-indicates-npas-capability-handling-vessels-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Bala Usman: Arrival Of FPSO Egina Indicates NPA\u2019s Capability In Handling Vessels Of Any Size"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_8674848145090329024ydpd62e088cMsoNormal\">The successful arrival of the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Egina deepwater oilfield project indicates that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is prepared to take on greater challenges, Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8674848145090329024ydpd62e088cMsoNormal\">Usman also assured major Stakeholders and the general public of Federal Government support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8674848145090329024ydpd62e088cMsoNormal\">Speaking at the unveiling of the Vessel\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at LADOL Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in the Lagos Harbours, Usman explained that the Federal Government would continue to provide laudable and enabling environment for the Oil and Gas activities to thrive through the Ports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8674848145090329024ydpd62e088cMsoNormal\">\u00a0Usman said: \u201cWe promise to support the growth of trade relations by collaborative efforts with clients who aspire to land their cargoes directly at the Free Trade Zones\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8674848145090329024ydpd62e088cMsoNormal\">\u00a0She informed the gathering that NPA would in the coming months improve in the area of capacity building and infrastructural development with a view to providing an enabling environment for an improved customer\u2019s efficiency in all the Ports across the nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8674848145090329024ydpd62e088cMsoNormal\">\u00a0 According to the NPA boss, realization of the FPSO project showcases the preparedness of the Authority at taking on greater challenges in the new \u201cvista going by the availability of top graded equipment in the areas of tug boats, safe navigable channels and the availability of highly skilled personnel amidst safe and secured environment for the ease of doing business in the nation\u2019s territorial waters\u201d.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; 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