Onne
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]
Port and shipyards edit
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 edit
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.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ npa2016. "Home". Nigerian Ports Authority. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Onne port complex". nigerianports.gov.ng. Nigerian ports authority. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Onne Port Complex". Nigerian Ports Authority. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ^ Guide to port entry. World ports guides.
- ^ "Onne Port to reduce ship turnaround time". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "West Atlantic Shipyard". Official website. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Nigeria: Onne Youth Protest Alleged Planned Relocation of Shell Base to Lagos". Premium Times. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Onne". Nigerian Ports Authority. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "Map - facilities and berths for OSVs in Onne". orleaninvest.com. Orlean invest. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Port of Onne, Nigeria". ports.co.za. Ports of Africa. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "WACT Onne boosts trade in Nigeria". Ships and ports. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ 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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