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The Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa, has a number of “unique selling points”, the Port Manager, Mr. Nasir Anas Mohammed has said. Apparently adducing reasons why LPC is different from others, Mohammed said: “One is the channel that we have. …

The Chairman of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Captain Nogie Meggison has advised the Federal Government to compel foreign airlines to set up a line station for aircraft maintenance in the country and employ engineers as a means of assisting …

To attain its goal of exchange rate stability in the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has handed down some monetary policy measures to operators in the maritime industry. Under these measures, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has further …

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has said that the Nigerian seaports and border stations are designated and restricted areas for commercial activities where there is need to profile human traffic within the designated areas for security …

* Agency Launches Satellite Surveillance Centre The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) has enjoined the indigenous ship owners to develop capacity before thinking of going into business as the working environment has been provided …

*Germans Proffer Solution Respite came last week to the new power sector investors over the culture of non-payment of electricity bills by government agencies and military formations in the country, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s approval that deductions of such indebtedness …

  *Afolabi, Orakwusi, Rhamallam, Others Make Governing Council Seat Chief Adebayo Sarumi, former Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), was last week appointed the new president of Nigerian Chamber of Shipping (NCS). He took over from the late former …

*DVPC Partners Emirates For Expansion The management of Dana Airline operating in Lagos recently appointed a seasoned expert, Louis Spanoghe, as the Head of Safety and Quality Assurance to further boost the operations of the Airline. According to the release …

In continuation of its anti smuggling campaign the Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service last week made a seizure of prohibited frozen poultry products worth N5million in the bush paths of Seme border. This was disclosed in a …

The Founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has said that activities of the operation unit of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) is becoming worrisome as they overstep their bounds even as …

The Rector of Crown Maritime Academy, Mr. Martins Okechukwu has advised youths to engage in result-oriented and practical studies in solving issues as a way of tackling the high rate of unemployment in the country. He said this at the …

The Federal Government is to incorporate members of the Nigerian Ship-owners Association (NISA) in the formation of the proposed new national shipping line. The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, who disclosed this recently …

Why Truck Operators Combed APMT Travellers and cargo agents operating at the nation’s airports have been groaning under severe pains of numerous illegal charges on imported cargo by some international cargo carriers who have perfected means of making abnormal profits …

More than 15,000 passengers patronize the railway in Lagos alone in eighteen trips per day the corporation has said. This was revealed by the Assistant Director, Public Relation of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr. David Ndanusa Ndakotsu while speaking …

The Western Coordinator of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone A, Assistant Comptroller of Customs (ACG), Victor Gbemudu has advised journalists to embrace accurate reporting as means of educating the public of the activities of the service. He said this …

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi has said that the Authority is prepared to partner with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on its Train for Trade Port Training Programme so that …

-Investigations – The new 40 railway tank wagons recently acquired by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) for haukage of petroleum products from Lagos to North have been alleged to be prone to accident because of safety flaws discovered in the …

As Nigeria joined the world to celebrate the 2014 Seafarers Day, indications are that the Nigerian Maritime Industry is yet to disentangle itself from the retinue of crisis of low human capacities development of seafarers which have significantly bedeviled and …

We commend the European Commission as well as the European External Action Service for taking into account the specificities of the shipping industry in this first-of-its-kind holistic strategy paper on maritime security” said Patrick Verhoeven, ECSA Secretary-General. Commenting on what has …

A French national, Rocher has over 25 years management experience in the field of shipping and ports gained in diverse cultural environments in Europe, India Sub Continent and Africa – including leading Tangier-Med/Morocco greenfield Container Terminal development and start of operations …