Africa’s richest industrialist, Aliko Dangote, on Saturday, hosted the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Bayo Ojulari, on a facility tour of the Dangote Refinery, where officials outlined major upgrades to the refinery’s marine and port infrastructure.
The technical briefing, held at the refinery’s harbour, was partly led by the Head of Port Infrastructure and Marine Operations, Captain Satendra Singh Rana, who detailed plans aimed at boosting export capacity and positioning Nigeria as a regional energy logistics hub.
Rana disclosed that the company was expanding its urea fertiliser facility from three million tonnes per annum to nine million tonnes, a scale he said would make it the largest fertiliser plant globally.
The port lead explained that the loading process, currently handled by trucks transporting about 30 tonnes per trip, will transition to a fully automated conveyor system linking the fertiliser plant directly to the jetty to improve efficiency.
According to him, the expansion will be supported by an extension of the harbour, with plans to construct four additional tanker jetties to handle products including liquefied petroleum gas, gasoline, gas oil, and aviation fuel.
The upgraded infrastructure is expected to accommodate vessels of up to 250 metres in length, equivalent to about 100,000 deadweight tonnes, while also supporting smaller ships serving domestic distribution.
He added that the development is designed to strengthen Nigeria’s ambition to become a bunkering hub in West Africa, a role currently dominated by other regional ports. [Channels TV]
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