E-call-up: NPA wields big stick over empty containers …Set to streamline barge operations
MD NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman Ahead of the February 27, 2021 date for the commencement of the new electronic call-up system for trucks operating at the ports in Lagos, the…
Duplication of task teams on Apapa gridlock counterproductive, says ANLCA President
National President of ANLCA, Hon. Iju Tony Nwabunike Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents ANLCA has expressed reservations over the creation of yet another adhoc task force, the Lagos Task…
NIMASA, SIFAX Group synergise on shipping sector growth
From left: DG NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh and Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, Dr Taiwo Afolabi during the visit in Lagos, recently. Group Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group Dr. Taiwo…
Customs backs NAGAFF Compliance Team’s 10-point agenda …Pledges support on revenue generation
The Nigeria Customs Service has thrown its weight behind the 100% Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders NAGAFF in its 10-point agenda, which includes ensuring…
Foreign liners greatest beneficiaries of Apapa chaotic traffic-MD NPA …Directs firms to receive empties at holding bays
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman has said that multinational shipping companies operating in the country remain the greatest beneficiaries of the chaotic traffic situation in…
WTO: I ‘ll focus on delivering for all members-Okonjo-Iweala
DG, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Newly elected Director General of the World Trade Organisation WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has promised to focus on delivering for all member-nations of the economic…
Nigeria’s headline inflation rises to 16.5%, highest in 4 years …As food inflation hits 20.6%
Nigeria recorded the highest rise in its inflation rate in the past four years with headline index increasing to per cent in January 2021 from per cent recorded in December…
IMO symposium highlights pathways to shipping’s decarbonisation
The state-of-play of low and zero-carbon fuel options to ensure shipping’s path to decarbonisation was set out in an online symposium hosted by the International Maritime Organisation IMO on 9-10…
Apapa gridlock, international embarrassment, says Bello
Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council, Hassan Bello Esq. The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello, has said that the perennial gridlock on port access roads in Apapa,…
OPEC: Oil demand growth revised slightly downwards
Crude oil price movements Crude oil spot prices rose firmly in January, along with a steady rise in futures markets. Major physical crude benchmarks increased about 10per cent month-on-month (m-o-m)…
