The Port Harcourt Refinery Depot, which had reportedly been inactive for a week, resumed petrol loading operations, but activities remained slow.
The depot, which is a critical hub for the loading of petroleum products, had been shut down without explanation, leaving many marketers stranded a few weeks ago.
Visiting the Depot on Monday NewsNGR observed that the first set of trucks arrived at the Onyema gate, the entrance point for trucks, at around 12:21 pm.
The trucks, which were assumed to have been cleared from a designated area, were allowed to proceed to the loading bay.
By 12:26 pm, a total of seven trucks had been cleared and were ready to proceed to the loading bay to lift Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
The trucks eventually made their way to the loading bay at around 1:30 pm.
However, despite the resumption of loading operations, activities at the depot remained slow.
By 2 pm, only two trucks had loaded, while six others were still queuing to load.
Two trucks had already loaded and left the loading bay, while three others were in the process of loading.
The slow pace of activities at the depot was a far cry from the bustling scene that was once characteristic of the facility.
It was, however, gathered that loading commenced after a brief haitus, on Saturday with a total of 11 trucks loading PMS from the depot.