Yuletide: FOU Customs operatives clampdown on business outfits…Allegedly demand N2m bribe
Strong indications emerged that many business owners in Lagos may be licking their wounds, as operatives of the Federal Operations Unit FOU, Zone A, Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service…
Crude oil tanker market in for long, painful recovery- Drewry
The outlook for the global crude oil tanker market remains difficult for the near term, according to a new analysis from maritime research consultancy Drewry. In a year-end analysis, they…
DG NIMASA inaugurated UNIPORT’s Logistics and Transport Centre chair …Pledges to promote maritime education
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has been inaugurated as chairman, Governing Board of the Centre for Logistics and Transport Studies CELTRAS…
We lack mechanisms to intimidate Customs officers, says Compliance Team…Insists no rift between ANLCA, NAGAFF
National Coordinator, 100% Compliance Team of NAGAFF, Ibrahim Tanko The 100per cent Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders NAGAFF has said it lacks the mechanisms…
Two petrol tankers explode on Otedola Bridge in Lagos
No fewer than two tankers laden with Premium Motor Spirit PMS also called petrol have exploded into flames on the Otedola Bridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Lagos, which…
NPA begins truck e-call up system Jan to ease Apapa gridlock
The Nigerian Ports Authority NPA has concluded plans to commence electronic call up system for all trucks that pick and drop consignments at the nation’s seaports in Apapa in January…
Shippers Council mulls suspension of demurrage payments over gridlock
From left: Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers' Council Mr. Hassan Bello, Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, and Director Maritime Services of the…
Industrial Court halts Maritime Workers Unions’ strike at INTELS
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, has granted an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria MWUN and the…
Global GDP rebounded from recession in Q3, but COVID-19 threats remain
Economies around the world rebounded at a stronger-than-expected pace in the third quarter from the COVID-19 economic crash, and while a series of vaccine breakthroughs bodes well for global GDP,…
Nigeria announces immediate reopening of four land borders
Nigeria has announced its decision to immediately reopen four of its land border crossing points shut about 17 months ago, thus ending weeks of speculations that the borders closed last…