Tectono Business Review learnt
that the oil and gas marketers have started making arrangement with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to
draw out modalities of making the wagon haulage a reality amid safety and cost
concerns.
This development was
communicated to us by the Chief Executive Officer of Oando Marketing Limited, Mrs. Williams Olabosi. According to her
the wagon haulage would reduce the congestion on roads and make product
delivery easier and quicker than before.
She stated that the NRC and
marketers had started working diligently to bring the dream to fruition.
In her own words: “We are in partnership with NRC and the major marketers and
we are working out the blueprint. We have come to realise that rather than
doing normal truck haulage system, we can always do wagon haulage and it would
enhance our operations. The main factor for consideration is the issue of
safety on rail, and that has been on the table while ideas and solutions are in
the pipeline.”
Tectono Business Review has
observed that the dilapidated nature of the pipelines and exposure to vandalism
had forced the nation’s petroleum downstream sector to concentrate on tanker
haulage, but the challenges are becoming enormous on a daily basis, making the
operators to look into other alternatives.
Yes, in recent times,
tanker explosion has claimed lives and properties in Abule Egba and Idimu area
of Lagos, the latest was the fire from a petrol tanker, which fell on its side
at Owode-Ijako junction, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in the early hours of
Saturday, reportedly killed the driver and injured a family of six.
Besides, the road
congestion on the Apapa axis, the hub of petroleum products depots has posed
serious threat to businesses in the area and therefore making the truck haulage
more uninteresting.
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