Global container ports face greatest threats ever – report
Container terminal operators are facing higher risks than at any time in the industry’s history, according to a new report. And Container Terminals: Paths to Profitability suggests future investment by…
Shippers Council, ICRC evolve new operational guidelines for dry ports …Seek State govts’ support for project
Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council, Barrister Hassan Bello The Nigerian Shippers Council has said it is currently working with theInfrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission ICRC in order to work out new…
Flood sacks over 6,000 families in Lagos, Ogun States …plunges homes into darkness
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT No fewer than 6,000 homes located in the Isheri North area, a suburb of Lagos, Warewa and Magboro, border towns between Lagos and Ogun State have been…
Onitsha inferno: Invest more in firefighting equipment, NIWA urges Anambra Govt …Commiserates with victims
The National Inland Waterways Authority NIWA has urged the Anambra State Government to make more investments in the areas of procurement of firefighting equipment and other related facilities to forestall…
Stakeholders lampoon Customs CG over total border closure claims
Some cargo laden trucks stranded at Seme Border Maritime stakeholders yesterday took a swipe at the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service Col. Hameed Ali over his recent claims…
IMO seeks full enforcement of Yaounde Declaration to end Gulf of Guinea insecurity
Secretary General, IMO, Kitack Lim The International Maritime Organisation IMO has told countries in the West and Central African sub-region that one of the surest ways to end the current…
African shippers insist on participating in freight fixing processes …Optimistic of new reforms
Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council, Hassan Bello. The Union of African Shippers Councils UASC has said that shippers must be involved in all decision making processes that lead to freight…
NIMASA restates commitment to strict Ballast Water Management …Seeks cooperation of other African nations
A ship ballast stock The Nigerian Maritime Administration NIMASA has assured that it is committed to strict enforcement of the Ballast Water Management Convention BWMC to ensure that foreign vessels…
Supply chain integrity in Nigeria very low, laments Customs …Says no apologies for physical cargo examination
The Nigeria Customs Service has lamented the very low supply chain integrity in Nigeria, arising from dishonest declarations and fraudulent practices by some traders, which accounts for why the service…
Agbakoba writes Buhari over N10.33trn 2020 budget …says budget translates to only N50, 000 per person
President Buhari Legal luminary and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba has faulted Federal Government’s 2020 fiscal appropriation of trillion, warning that the ‘anemic’ budget…
