INTELS has competitive edge over other operator —NPA MD

Hadiza Bala Usman, NPA Managing Director

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, has said that oil and gas logistics giant, INTELS Nigeria Limited has competitive advantage over other terminal operators in the handling of oil and gas logistics in the country.

Speaking recently in Lagos on a Television Continental (TVC) Business Prgramme, Usman said INTELS is already a well-established terminal operator having been in the business for more than 30 years.

”I don’t think they (INTELS) should shy away from competing with other terminals. They should welcome the fact that having really established that business, they should be able to compete and get all the cargo to themselves, and, indeed, if you have been operating and doing this service for years and now someone else is coming, you should have a favorable edge,” she stated.

The NPA boss had expressed similar sentiment for INTELS in October 2016 during her maiden visit to the expansive port facility and the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone.

Shortly after being conducted round the multimillion dollars facility, Usman said she was impressed by the high quality, “efficient and effective” facilities and services provided by INTELS.

She described the facility as “very tidy” and the infrastructure as being “deployed efficiently and effectively”.

INTELS Nigeria Limited developed and operates the Onne Port and the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone. The port is now one of the best equipped in Africa, while the Onne Free Zone is one of the fastest growing oil and gas free zones in the world.

Speaking recently when the Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside visited the facility; the General Manager of INTELS Nigeria Limited, Mr Silvano Bellinato said the high quality facilities and services in Onne were the result of the company’s huge investments running into several billions of dollars.

“INTELS has been a trusted partner to major oil and gas producing companies in Nigeria and a monumental logistic partner to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in the development of ports infrastructure and service in Nigeria,” Bellinato said.