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Onne, also known as Onne-Eleme, is a town in Eleme, Rivers State, Nigeria [1] . The town is a host to one of the two prominent ports in Nigeria [2] . It is bordered by the towns of Alode, Ebubu, and the Ngololo River, which is one of the tributaries of the Bonny River. [3]

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Port and shipyards

Onne is a relatively major port in the region [4] and has several quays with facilities for cargo ships up to 60,000 gross tons. [5] It is also the main base for the offshore activity in the region, and a large number of supply-vessels call at Onne every week. [6] This section of the port is called Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone and contains several quays to cater to off shore supply vessels and a shipyard (West Atlantic Shipyard). [7] The Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone also contains Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Company, one of the largest bases of Shell offshore in Africa including berths leased out to ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies and other oil companies. [8] [9]

The port consists of three regions adjacent to the Niger delta: Federal lighter terminal, Onne port complex and Federal ocean limited (which consists of facilities for offshore oil and gas supply vessels). [10]

Stores and freshwater are available as well as fuel and minor repairs. It also has a container terminal (West Africa Container Terminal) with a deep draft of 12 meters and frequented by vessels up to 4000 TEU in size belonging to Maersk lines and Pacific International Lines and CMA CGM. [11] [12]

Administration

The city is part of Odido District in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Onne has four clans, Agbeta, Alejor, Ekara and Ogoloma. [13] There are other smaller settlements within Onne, such as Eyaa camp. The people of Onne speak Eleme language.

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  8. ↑ "Nigeria: Onne Youth Protest Alleged Planned Relocation of Shell Base to Lagos". Premium Times. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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