Friday 8 January 2016

FG INTENSIFIES PLANS TO COMMENCE FREIGHTING OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS BY RAIL

0105F05.Rotimi-Amaechi.jpg - 0105F05.Rotimi-Amaechi.jpgMinister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has reaffirmed federal government’s plan to commence freighting of petroleum products by rail from the nation’s seaports and refineries for onward distribution to consumers in the hinterlands.

The move followed the hitches often encountered in distribution of petroleum products by road transport. The collapse of Nigeria’s un­derground pipeline networks, about 10 years, had resulted in trucking of products by road with its atten­dant problems including gridlock.


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