As part of efforts to enforce trade rules on freight forwarders practising at the Eastern ports and curb delays in the clearance and release of cargoes from the ports, the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) 100% Compliance …
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The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has highlighted steps Nigeria needs to take in order to fully take advantage of the opportunities offered by the World Trade Organisation under the leadership of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The LCCI, in a …
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Amid concerns about increased activities of smuggling through the ports and border routes, the Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics in Nigeria (APFFLON) has indicted officers of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for the menace. In a press statement …
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Following the disbandment of the Presidential task force from port access roads, Maritime Stakeholders Forum (MSF) has made an appeal to all relevant government agencies and stakeholders not to allow members of the defunct task force be part of the …
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* Dispatches 200 boxes in one week after Agents protest * Shippers’ Council keeps mum, Bollore fingered By Kenneth Jukpor Despite the much publicized campaign for enhanced ease of doing business at Nigerian ports, the reality seems to be the …
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called for improved certification regime for boat skippers and better regulation of the operations of non-convention vessels that operate in the inland waterways of the country. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the call while receiving …
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Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has attributed the delay in releasing the names of successful candidates for final screening into the Service to the coronavirus pandemic which started in early 2020. The Customs National Public Relation Officer, Deputy Comptroller, Joseph Attah …
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Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group and concessionaire of Terminal C, Tin Can Island Port, Apapa, has set a target of 300,000 TEUs for its 2021 business year. According to John Jenkins, Managing Director, Ports …
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By Kenneth Jukpor The newly appointed Customs Area Controller (CAC) Apapa Command, Comptroller Yusuf Malanta has set higher revenue targets for Command as he begins reign at the helm of the Command. Comptroller Malanta was speaking during the handover ceremony …
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Emirates Airlines has suspended flights from Nigeria to Dubai for two weeks, until February 28 2021. It said travellers from both Abuja and Lagos would not be accepted for travel prior to the date, according to a statement issued by …
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By Yusuf Odejobi The World Customs Organization (WCO) has rewarded Talod Ocean Airfreight Limited, a Nigeria freight forwarding company for its international trade compliance activities. A WCO merit award was presented at the annual International Customs Day Celebration held in …
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By Kenneth Jukpor The leadership of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the entire department of Environment at the agency has congratulated Dr. Felicia Chinwe Mogo on her retirement from public service and her industry based book on Marine Environment. The …
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By Kenneth Jukpor As the Nigerian port community anticipates the take off of the truck electronic call-up system recently deployed by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman has assured port users that the …
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By Kenneth Jukpor As the Nigerian port community braces itself for the implementation of newly launched Nigeria Port Process Manual (NPPM), the President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Mr. Tony Iju Nwabunike has called for adequate …
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Cocaine worth N32bn has been recovered in a consignment at the Tincan Port in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. It was gathered that the consignment, which arrived Nigeria from Brazil on board a vessel marked …
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command made 1,294 seizures with a duty paid value of N788.19m in the year 2020, the agency said on Monday. According to a statement signed by the spokesman of the command, Hussaini Abdullahi, some of …
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· Vision 2020 didn’t have a place for maritime transport – Usoro · Crude Affreightment: NNPC new clause prioritizes indigenous shipping companies By Kenneth Jukpor, Ayoola Olaitan & Yusuf Odejobi Despite the dearth of Nigerian flagged ships to grow various …
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By Kenneth Jukpor As part of efforts to enhance the performance of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officers at the Apapa Command, the Zonal Coordinator ‘Zone A’, Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) Kaycee Ekekezie commissioned a new clinic and refurbished gym centre, …
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By Kenneth Jukpor Freight agents practising at the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) in Lagos State have lampooned Ports and Cargo, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, for seizing over 400 containers at its terminal in Tin Can Island Port for over …
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The Ministry of Transportation and Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) hosted a sensitization meeting for government agencies and stakeholders in the maritime sector on the implementation of the Nigerian Ports Process Manual (NPPM) yesterday. At the meeting, the Minister of Transportation, …
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