Nigeria set to begin online ship registration … As NIMASA unveils high-tech registration certificate
From left: Managing Director/CEO Elshcon Nig. Ltd, Dr Emi Mebere; Vice Chairman CoT Leasing Plc, Emeka Ndu; member, Governing Council Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Mina Oforiokuma; Director General,…
We’ll not succumb to blackmail, SON tells non-compliant importers, agents
Francis Ezem The Standards Organisation of Nigeria SON, has warned that it would not succumb to cheap blackmail orchestrated by non-compliant importers and their agents, insisting it must performing its…
Enforcing IMO 2020 sulphur limit: Verifying sulphur content of fuel on board
IMO 2020, the per cent limit of sulphur in ships’ fuel oil, has been in effect since 1 January 2020, cutting sulphur oxide emissions from ships operating worldwide. From 1…
Ghost Ship Washes Ashore in Ireland
A vessel without a single soul on board ran aground near Ballycotton, Cork in Ireland, the Irish Coast Guard informed on Sunday, February 16. The ship has been identified as…
Sensitise importers on regulated products, ANLCA begs SON
From left: Chief of Staff to the National President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Obicee Okonkwo, National Secretary of the association, Mukaila Abdulazeez, the National President, Hon. Iju…
POF runs into murky waters …As intrigues, suspicion mar collection
Francis Ezem There are very strong indications that Practitioners Operating Fee POF being collected by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding Practice in Nigeria CRFFN has ran into…
Border closure: Cadbury, Dangote, others lose over N600bn in six months …Begin shipment of exports through air, seaports
Francis Ezem Manufacturing companies in Nigeria including Cadbury Nigeria plc., Unilever plc., the Dangote Group and Nestle plc., among several others are currently counting their losses, having lost in excess…
ANLCA meets SGF, Saraki over seaports’ operational challenges …Seeks amnesty for 2,000 trucks trapped at Seme Border
From left: National Secretary, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents ANLCA, Mukaila Abdulazeez, National President of the association, Hon. Iju Tony Nwabunike and National Auditor, Ozo Chukwurah during a media…
U.S.-China Trade War Reshaped Global Commerce
The two-year trade war between the and China upended commerce world-wide, slamming the brakes on global trade growth — but also delivering modest benefits to a handful of industries and…
Nigeria Suffocating Under Huge Debt Burden-Report …Spends $1.31bn On External Debt Servicing
President Muhammadu Buhari Francis Ezem Despite the marginal decline in the domestic debt obligations of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the country is still suffocating under huge debt obligations, according…
