Remarks By Bello-Koko At The Maiden Voyage Of Motor Vessel, Great Lagos
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko has congratulated Grimaldi Group for the acquisition of a Motor Vessel, christened “Great Lagos”.
The MD stated this in his official remark at the occasion of the maiden voyage of the Great Lagos motor vessel.
Bello-koko said “behalf of all of us at the Nigerian Ports Authority, I will like to congratulate and commend the Grimaldi Group for this landmark acquisition”.
“Apart from the high loading capacity and several other distinctive features of this vessel, we are fascinated by the great attention to environmental impact that was infused into its construction.
“The very fact that this G5-class vessel is technologically equipped to reduce CO2 emissions per transported tonne up to 43% ahead of previous classifications gives us great delight as it signposts the seriousness of Nigeria’s commitment to the dictates of the 2023 International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Green House Gas (GHG) Strategy, which envisages a reduction in carbon intensity of international shipping by at least 40% by the year 2030.
“Let me seize this moment to reiterate that the Authority’s port modernization project and ongoing reform initiatives around our Port Operations is cognizant of the impact of global energy transition and we have deliberately factored in measures that promote energy efficiency.
“This means that we would have zero-tolerance for non-compliance by our stakeholders.
Coming immediately after the launch of her sister ship “Great Antwerp, the christening of this vessel “Great Lagos” symbolizes the fact that the Nigerian business environment is progressively getting better.”
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The MD further said, “shipping volumes promising to get higher, forward looking investments such as the one we are gathered here to celebrate will certainly have a big impact in the long run.
“So I want to assure you that the Authority will continue to galvanize stakeholder efforts to continuously promote the ease of doing business all in a concerted bid to optimize the rich blue economy inherent in our maritime endowments.
I thank you very much for your time and God bless”