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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State yesterday launched 400 mini and high-capacity buses in the First and Last Mile (FLM) bus scheme to connect various communities.
At the launch of 300 mini-buses, he noted that the initiative aims to take care of commuting the main transit corridors. The governor also commissioned newly acquired 100 High-Capacity BRT, City Buses into operation by the Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL)… More details through: https://dailytrust.com/sanwo-olu-launches-400-metro-buses
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday performed the groundbreaking for the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project to improve mobility, promote economic growth and enhance the living conditions of the people.
The construction of infrastructure for the standard gauge Red Line which would share tracks with the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Modernisation Projects is divided into two phases. The Red Line is a 37-kilometre railroad with 12 proposed stations. According to the governor, the first phase will cover Oyingbo to Agbado with nine stations. Three of the stations will be constructed with the Lagos – Ibadan Railway Modernisation Projects by the federal government at Agbado, Agege and Ebute Metta Junction… More details through: https://dailytrust.com/sanwo-olu-launches-lagos-rail-project The Federal Government is about to start four rail line projects in various parts of the country, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced on Friday.
Amaechi announced this while speaking in Abuja at the annual ministerial press briefing on programmes, projects and activities of the Federal Ministry of Transportation and its agencies. He outlined the four rail projects which the government was about to start to include the Ibadan-Kano, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri, Kano-Maradi and Lagos-Calabar rail lines… More details through: https://punchng.com/fg-about-to-start-four-new-rail-projects-amaechi/ Nigeria’s leading container terminal operator, APM Terminals Apapa, has acquired seven new forklifts to facilitate customs examination and improve the movement of heavy materials at the terminal.
Chief Operating Officer of APM Terminals Apapa, Steen Knudsen, said the new equipment, which include six 5tons and one 16tons forklifts, will enable the efficient performance of tasks at the Customs examination bay and other units without having to share forklifts with other teams. Recall that APM Terminals Apapa last year announced a fresh investment of $80 million for the year 2020-2021, bringing the total investment by the company since 2006 to $438 million (approximately N168 billion), the highest investment by any terminal operator in Nigeria… More details through: https://www.sunnewsonline.com/apmt-apapa-acquires-more-equipment-to-aid-customs-inspection/ Kwik Delivery announced Friday it has closed its pre-Series A financing round and has successfully raised $ 1.7 million in equity from institutional and high net worth investors.
“Kwik Delivery has demonstrated to customers and investors alike its efficiency as well as the relevance of its bold technology-based approach during a most challenging period,” said Romain POIROT-LELLIG, founder & CEO of Kwik Delivery. “This financing round is enabling us to grow even faster and to disrupt and conquer new markets.” Launched in 2019, Kwik Delivery is an on-demand, last-mile delivery platform that connects African businesses to independent delivery riders, dubbed Kwiksters… More details through: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/450032-logistics-firm-kwik-delivery-raises-1-7-million.html Nigeria’s government began a $3 billion rehabilitation of a railway line that links major cities in Africa’s most-populous country.
The project marks the latest step in an ambitious plan to create a nationwide rail network intended to aid Nigeria’s economic diversification away from crude oil. The development is designed to revamp a dilapidated 1,443-kilometer (897-mile) line that begins in the southeastern oil hub of Port Harcourt and terminates in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. The contract “has the objective of resuscitating the once vibrant railway transportation in the eastern corridor of the country,” President Muhammadu Buhari told a ceremony in Port Harcourt via video link on Tuesday… More details through: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/nigeria-starts-3-billion-rehabilitation-of-key-railway-line The West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), Onne, has acquired 15 new Kone Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs) to enhance service delivery at its terminal in Onne Port, Rivers State. The first batch of six RTGs has arrived at WACT, Onne. The Commercial Manager of WACT, Mr. Noah Sheriff, who confirmed this in a statement issued by the company on Monday, said the concessionaire had commenced training operators of the highly technical cranes, which are the first in Nigeria’s eastern ports.
“We expect to deploy this first set of RTGs into operations in May 2021. Awareness campaign with the trucking community is also ongoing,” he said. Sheriff said the deployment of the six new cranes “is the start of WACT’s transformation from the use of Reach Stackers to RTGs in the terminal, which will immediately increase our current import yard capacity… More details through: https://www.sunnewsonline.com/wact-acquires-15-new-rubber-tyred-gantry-cranes/ Mercury Maritime Concession Company Limited (MMCC) and Port of Antwerp are collaborating to build the proposed $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC), to boost economic and national development of the nation, particularly, Delta State.
Speaking at a briefing in Lagos at the Sailing Club exhibition race 2021, the Chairman of MMCC, Rear Admiral Andrews Okoja (rtd), said that the Escravos seaport, which would be on 20,000 hectares of land, comprises deep seaport, international airport, Free Trade Zone, crude oil refinery and gas complex, an estate and recreational components. He stated: “When we got our provisional approval, one of the first things we are supposed to do is to put together a team of consultant financiers and partners. And one of the partners that played a major role in the seaport complex project is the Escravos Seaport project, actually it is a deep seaport project… More details through: https://www.sunnewsonline.com/mmcc-port-of-antwerp-to-construct-2-9bn-escravos-seaport-industrial-complex/ Recognising the urgency to tackle climate change by quickly reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions, the British Deputy High Commissioner, Ben Llewellyn-Jones and the General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) Mr. Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, have witnessed the demonstration of a hovercraft in Lagos on Friday.
Hovercraft, an amphibious boat-like vehicle that travels over water, sand and grass, can enhance waterways transportation system and help to reduce the chaotic Lagos traffic. Griffon Hoverwork, a UK hovercraft design and manufacturing company, carried out the demonstration on Friday in Lagos, as part of the UK Government’s effort to enhance the waterways transportation system of the Lagos State Government… More details through: https://dailytrust.com/water-transportation-britain-demonstrates-hovercraft-in-lagos The Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Abimbola Akinajo has disclosed that fare collection on bus services offered by Primero Transport Services Limited, will from February 1, 2021 henceforth be through the use of the State Travel card known as Cowry Card.
Akinajo in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Corporate Communication, Mr. Kolwole Ojelabi noted that Primero Transport Services Limited, operators of the Ikorodu to TBS Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) will commence use of cowry cards… More details through: https://dailytrust.com/lagos-brt-goes-cashless-with-cowry-card |
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