Onne

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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. [ citation needed ]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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References

  1. ↑ "East-West Road: Drawing FG's attention to Eleme-Onne axis". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  2. ↑ npa2016. "Home". Nigerian Ports Authority. Retrieved 2023-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Onne port complex". nigerianports.gov.ng. Nigerian ports authority. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Onne Port Complex". Nigerian Ports Authority. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  5. ↑ Guide to port entry. World ports guides.
  6. ↑ "Onne Port to reduce ship turnaround time". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  7. ↑ "West Atlantic Shipyard". Official website. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Nigeria: Onne Youth Protest Alleged Planned Relocation of Shell Base to Lagos". Premium Times. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Onne". Nigerian Ports Authority. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  10. ↑ "Map - facilities and berths for OSVs in Onne". orleaninvest.com. Orlean invest. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Port of Onne, Nigeria". ports.co.za. Ports of Africa. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "WACT Onne boosts trade in Nigeria". Ships and ports. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  13. ↑ Lele, Charity Kelechi; Oluba, Olarewaju Michael; Adeyemi, Oluyomi Stephen (2022-11-30). "Impact of COVID-19 lockdown and health risk modeling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Onne, Nigeria". Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195 (1): 166. doi:10.1007/s10661-022-10670-z. ISSN   1573-2959. PMC   9708509 . PMID   36446906.

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