SIFAX Transport ICT Marks 5 Years of Innovation and Progress

SIFAX Transport Inland Container Terminal (ICT) Restricted, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has celebrated its fifth anniversary, marking 5 years of transformation, innovation, and customer-focused excellence.

At an occasion held on the firm’s Lagos terminal, administration, employees, and companions mirrored on the journey that started in 2020 when the power was little greater than a swampy expanse with restricted infrastructure.

Mr. Paul Linden, Managing Director, recalled how the terminal began as an intervention to decongest Apapa ports and developed into a contemporary logistics hub.

“After we started, the bottom was gentle, there was no quay, and just a few warehouses stood. However we noticed potential. At the moment, SIFAX ICT is a useful, world-class terminal that displays years of funding and teamwork,” he stated.

Linden highlighted main milestones, together with the primary barge operation in December 2020, intensive ground reinforcement, and the introduction of Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes, a uncommon function amongst inland depots in Nigeria.

“The transformation has been unimaginable. We are actually finishing the ultimate part of our 15,000-square-metre improve to convey all the terminal to full normal.” he added.

Whereas reflecting on the progress made on the terminal, Linden stated the journey had not been easy crusing.

“After we began, the positioning was overgrown and flooded. We started with what we known as Lot 4, resurfaced the flooring, and created entry for barge operations. We began with only one terminal, however immediately, we run two – terminals A and B. From 46,000 sq. metres in 2020, we’ve grown to over 82,000 sq. metres immediately. The imaginative and prescient of the terminal can also be pushed by competent and motivated workforce.”

Mr. Cashmir Ihedioha, the terminal’s Chief Safety Officer, defined how collaboration with businesses like NIMASA, NPA, and the Lagos State Process Power remodeled the once-chaotic setting right into a well-regulated facility.

“We launched a structured site visitors system and put in 69 CCTV cameras to make sure round the clock surveillance. The terminal is absolutely compliant with the Worldwide Ship and Port Facility Safety (ISPS) Code,” he stated.

Trying forward, Linden stated the terminal was making ready to construct a quay wall to permit direct vessel calls and cut back dependence on congested seaports.

“We’ve secured approval for direct vessel operations. As soon as full, the mission will redefine how inland terminals function in Nigeria,” he famous, including that plans are underway to transform a lot of the terminal’s gear to gas-powered ones for cleaner and greener operations.