Apapa gridlock: NPA to promote use of barges to evacuate cargo
Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman By FRANCIS EZEM The Nigerian Ports Authority has said it would encourage the use of barges in the movement and transfer of…
SIFAX Group canvasses port access roads’ reconstruction, not palliatives
Container-laden trucks on the failed Mile2-Apapa Road. By FRANCIS EZEM The SIFAX Group, an indigenous conglomerate has made a strong case for a complete reconstruction of the port access roads,…
Scotland funds study on wind-to-hydrogen ferry service
Scottish Government has granted funding for a feasibility study into developing a hydrogen-powered ferry service to some of the country’s remotest island communities. The feasibility project will look at the…
Comply with ease of doing business regulations, NPA urges Onne Port stakeholders
From left: Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman, explains some issues to the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council, Hassan Bello at the just concluded stakeholders' forum organised by…
3RD Force concludes global consultations, set to storm Nigeria’s political scene
Chairman of 3RD Force, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba FRANCIS EZEM The entire political landscape in Nigeria may soon experience new political activities never known in history as the leadership of the…
NPA, Shippers Council to grace MARAN Round Table on ports’ logistics
A failed portion of Apapa-Mile 2 Road Barring any last minute change in the scheme of things, the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman and the Executive…
Apapa Port: Over 80% of imported cargo undergoes physical examination-expert
One of the mobile scanners inherited by Customs at Apapa Port, Lagos BY FRANCIS EZEM Strong indications emerged that the high incidences of delay in the release of cargo at…
European Commission imposes $486m fine on four car carriers
Gothenburg RORO Terminal The European Commission has fined four maritime car carriers EUR 395 million (USD million) for taking part in cartels. The European Commission said today that it had…
FG bows to pressure, relaxes import palletisation policy
Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun FRANCIS EZEM Relief at the weekend came the way of importers in Nigeria, as the Federal Government announced that it has relaxed its new cargo…
Budget disruptions stall completion of Nigeria’s modular floating dock-NIMASA
A modular floating By FRANCIS EZEM Expectations that the country’s modular floating dock project would be delivered by the end of 2017 as earlier projected were marred by disruptions and…
