Port Complex na Apapa wurine da aka fi sani da tashar tashar jirgin ruwa ta Legas ita ce babbar tashar tashar jiragen ruwa mafi girma a Najeriya.[1] Rukunin ya ƙunshi wurare da yawa da suka haɗa da Quays Apapa, Tsawon Wuta na Apapa na Uku, Dockyard Apapa, Apapa Petroleum Wharf, Bulk Vegetable Oil Wharf, Ijora Wharf, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, da tashar tashar ruwa ta Lily[2]. Gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Najeriya ce ta samar da kuɗaɗe tare da gina ta, ta zama tashar jirgin ruwa mafi yawan al’umma don fitar da kayan amfanin gona daga lardunan Yamma da Arewacin Nijeriya a ƙarshen shekarun 1920. An mayar da mulki ga gwamnatin Najeriya bayan an ba da mulkin kai kuma a cikin 2005, an raba rukunin gidaje zuwa tashoshi kuma an ba da kwangila ga kamfanoni masu zaman kansu tare da NPA a matsayin mai gida da mai gudanarwa.

Babban abin da ya kai ga samar da tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta Apapa shi ne kammala aikin layin dogo na yammacin Turai tare da Legas a matsayin babban tashar jirgin kasa, bayan haka, an taso da bukatar wurin da za a yi lodi da kuma fitar da kayayyaki ta kowane bangare na yammacin Najeriya da lardunan Arewa.[3] Sai dai a lokacin, yawancin tashoshin jiragen ruwa da ke Legas ba su da amfani da jiragen ruwa saboda kasancewar wani yashi na yanayi da kuma tudu mai nauyi, wannan katanga wani lokaci ya sa aka karkatar da kayayyaki zuwa Legas zuwa mashigar Forcados cikin nutsuwa. A cikin 1906, an yi kasafin kuɗi mai yawa don cire tashar jiragen ruwa na Legas da kuma gina ƙwanƙolin dutse guda biyu don sauƙaƙe hanyar shiga cikin jiragen ruwa, a cikin 1913, an kammala aikin injiniya kuma jiragen ruwa masu tafiya teku sun sami damar shiga tashar jirgin ruwa ta Legas. A cikin 1919, an ƙaddamar da jirgin ruwa mai ƙafa 180 zuwa Apapa, wurin da aka yanke shawarar zai zama tashar jirgin ƙasa ta Yamma. A cikin 1926, bayan da aka kammala dakuna huɗu da tsayin su ya kai ƙafa 1,800, Apapa ya fara mamaye sauran magudanan ruwa a Iddo da tsibirin Legas in ba haka ba a matsayin hukumar kwastam wajen jigilar kayayyaki zuwa ketare.[ Tsakanin 1928 da 1929, tana sarrafa tan 201,307 na kayan fitarwa,[4] kuma tsakanin 1937 da 1938, Apapa wharf yana sarrafa kusan tan 370,000 na kaya, a cikin 1953, yana sarrafa kusan tan 700.004. Bayan ƙarshen yakin duniya na biyu, ƙarin ayyukan injiniya sun haifar da sake fasalin filaye don wuraren ƙasa kamar tashoshi na fasinja,[5] wuraren ajiyar kaya da wuraren al'ada[6]. A cikin wannan lokacin, an bazu ko'ina a cikin tashar tashar jiragen ruwa, ma'aikatar ruwa ta kasance mai kula da kiyaye hanya, adanawa da jigilar jiragen ruwa, kamfanonin jigilar kaya masu zaman kansu sun yi sabis na hasken wuta yayin da kamfanin jirgin kasa kuma ya gudanar da ayyukan tashar jiragen ruwa a iyakarsa[7].

Tun daga 1956, sabuwar NPA da aka kafa ta fara faɗaɗa adadin ɗakunan ajiya a cikin hadaddun, ta ƙara ƙarin sarari shida. An kammala wannan tsawaita na'urar ne a shekarar 1961. An kammala tsawaita karo na biyu a cikin shirin raya kasa na farko tsakanin shekarar 1962 zuwa 1968. Kara yawan sararin samaniya ya sa tashar ta kara jagoranci wajen sarrafa kayayyaki kuma a karshen shekarar 1966, ta yi jigilar kaya. na tan miliyan 1.9. Bayan fadada na biyu, filin filin jirgin ya kasance kusan hekta 100 tare da ikon sarrafa jiragen ruwa guda ashirin ko fitarwa a lokaci guda. An kammala tsawaitawa na uku tare da rafin Badagry a cikin 1979. Hukumomi sun ƙirƙira wuraren lodi da fitar da siminti da hatsi.[8]

Hukumar kula da tashoshin jiragen ruwa ta Najeriya ta mallaki tare da gudanar da ayyuka a harabar tashar jirgin ruwa ta Legas daga shekarar 1956 har zuwa lokacin da aka yi mata rangwame a shekarar 2005. A wannan lokacin yawancin ayyukan da ke cikin tashar NPA ne ke aiwatar da su in ban da tuki da masana'antu. A cikin 2005, an raba hadaddun zuwa tashoshi da yawa kuma an sayar da shi ga masu aiki masu zaman kansu don gudanar da adadin shekaru masu yawa. Tashar jiragen ruwan tana da fadin sama da hekta 80 kuma tana da kofa mai kafa hudu mai tsayin mita takwas don karbar manyan kaya.[9] Yana da cibiyoyin dabaru guda biyu waɗanda suka haɗa da ɗakunan ajiya masu alaƙa da gine-ginen tasha.[10] Akwai tashoshi masu zaman kansu guda biyar a cikin tashar tashar jirgin ruwa ta Legas. Wadannan wurare na musamman suna da dakunan ajiya sama da 10 don sarrafa hatsi, injina, kayan gini da abubuwan lalacewa kamar abinci, ma'adanai, taki, fulawa, gishiri, sukari, da dai sauransu. Injin niƙa guda biyu da masana'antar sarrafa hatsi suna cikin harabar tashar jiragen ruwa kusa da mafi girma. tashoshi. Ana sarrafa danyen mai da man fetur a jiragen guda takwas. Tashar jiragen ruwa tana da jiragen ruwa guda hudu don kula da jiragen kamun kifi. Ana sarrafa kwal a ginin Ijora na mita 150. Har ila yau tashar jirgin ruwa ta Legas tana da wuraren ajiyar tankokin mai guda hudu domin adana tataccen albarkatun man fetur.[11]

Tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta kwantena tana da fadin kasa hectare 55 kuma tana da tsayin kifin da ya kai mita 1,005. Yana da ƙarfin kwantena na shekara-shekara na sama da 1,000,000 TEU da haɗin haɗin refer 298. Ana amfani da kurayen tashar jiragen ruwa 13 da na'urorin roba 14 don lodawa da sauke kaya. Wuraren da aka adana sun haɗa da ɗakunan ajiya guda 3 masu fadin murabba'in mita 3,025 da wani fili da ba a buɗe ba don adana kayayyaki na ɗan lokaci. Tashar jiragen ruwa, wanda APM Terminals ke sarrafawa, ya aiwatar da hanyoyin lantarki kamar ƙayyadaddun windows, fayyace ma'amaloli na ainihin lokacin, bita na aiki, taimakon fasaha, daftari na ainihi da bin diddigin akwati.[12]

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Lokacin da zurfin ruwa mai zurfi na Apapa quays ya ƙare a cikin 1926, an yi hasashen cewa yawan zirga-zirgar zai kasance ta hanyar dogo.[13] Duk da haka, yayin da tashar tashar ta girma kuma manyan motoci suka zama hanyar da aka fi so na jigilar kayayyaki zuwa ko tashi daga tashar, toshewar zirga-zirgar ababen hawa da motocin da ke ajiye a bakin titi ya zama ruwan dare gama gari.[14]

Manazarta

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