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A major plank of the Seaports Reforms which include concession of the ports terminals to the private sector by the Federal Government in 2006 is the need to reduce the cost of doing business at Nigerian seaports in other to …

The controversies trailing the five registered freight  and licensed customs agents associations, namely: the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Agents (NCMDLCA),   …

The sight of a container laden truck leaving the ports and hitting the streets could mean different things to different people. Just like the age- long African adage,” one man’s meat is another man’s poison. To an importer who has …

BOOK REVIEW By: Wole Akinyosoye I read Managing Petroleum Resources- The Norwegian Model by AL-Kasim long before I read Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry: A Maverick Pioneer, the recently released autobiography by Chief FRA Marinho. The latter, you will recall, served as …

The Nigerian Maritime Expo (NIMAREX) was borne out of a desire to showcase Nigeria’s enormous maritime potentials to the world. Several years of participation in international trade fairs, conferences and exhibitions by government functionaries, agencies, ship owners, ship repairers, maritime …

Clearly, the heavy dirt on Nigerian currency notes readily serves as a vector for the spread of germs and diseases, particularly in an environment where the culture of regular hand washing is not well grounded. However, despite commendable progress in …

When the directive of the Federal Government to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to collect 35 per cent as duty and 35 per cent as levy for imported used cars and buses was announced last year with a circular which …

The statutory activities of the Council for the Regulations of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) have always been hampered by the myriad of controversies which imminently has stagnated the progress of the council since its inception. The Registrar of the …

Disputes are inevitable in business relationships in every sector of the economy and clime and these disputes come in different ways and almost every day as long as business is being transacted but the measures to dispose of with the …

The once rosy relationship among the various freight forwarding associations in the maritime environment may soon go sour as the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has through the leadership of the association directed its members to the recent …

The main idea behind privatization is to give significant privilege to a private operator to invest in government owned properties so as to maximize profits and to develop the nation but when the contrary is what obtains; the essence of …

The anguish, frustration and imminent neglect of indigenous ship owners in Nigeria are not unknown to operators in the maritime industry. The local ship owners have not been able to measure up with their international counterparts in the same business …

There have been several stakeholders’ meetings at different fora to analyze the causative factors leading to delay in cargo clearance, cumbersome processes in payment system, ambiguity in declaration as well as other social issues like harassment of port users by …

There are key factors that retard the growth of airlines in Nigeria. One is the high cost of maintaining their aircraft overseas; two is that majority of their technical staff are expatriates so they pay hugely for their remuneration; three …

As a new era dawns on the administration of the nation, stakeholders in the maritime sector are deliberating on how this change will affect the second most lucrative sector in the country. Recall that the new government-elect, the All Progressives …

As the agency that stands as a midwife between the service providers and the shippers who are represented by the freight forwarders in the maritime industry, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) identifies the need to fraternize with freight forwarders as …

As the general elections draws nigh and followed two by the gubernatorial elections two weeks later, how safe can one say the Nigerian port is considering the fact that most materials that come into the country do so through the …

About eight years ago, the Federal Government of Nigeria concenssioned the ports in Nigeria to private operators. The concession agreement was greeted with high hopes and expectations from stakeholders and Nigerians alike believing that the many problems besieging the ports …

The whole essence of waivers granted by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Finance is to help galvanise,  nourish and irrigate indigenous firms whose financial stands are not yet firmly rooted. It sometimes serves as a means of …

The Freight forwarding sub-sector of the maritime industry is again engrossed in intra and inter-associations crises of confidence that could erode the relative peace and achievements made in recent times. Known for their vociferation and cantankerousness, the fear pervading the …