The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello has stated that the Council has a dream of building an international resource centre which will cost a whooping N15 billion in Jos, Plateau State. Bello stated this during the…
Truck owners and drivers operating at the Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports have decried the collapse of electronic call up system. The system was recently introduced by Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to manage truck movement and access to the…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Army have announced a plan to cooperate on the training and retraining of journalists and other public communication practitioners in the country’s security sector. This was the highpoint of…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Federal Government has disclosed that the developers of the Lekki Deep Seaport are working round the clock to complete the project before the end of fourth quarter of 2022. According to a statement by the Assistant…
By Seun Ibiyemi Mercury Maritime Concession Company (MMCC) has secured a provisional approval from the Federal Government through the Ministry of Transportation to construct $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC-1) in Delta State. The project will be home to…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it has recruited 250 new cadets to man its various platforms in the Lagos-Bayelsa coastal corridor. The agency’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh made this known to journalists…
By Seun Ibiyemi Nigeria and the Inter Regional Coordination Centre (ICC) Yaoundé have formed a forum to galvanise regional and international efforts to ensure security in the Gulf of Guinea (GOG). Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum (GOG-MCF/SHADE) was floated…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) have agreed to implement joint measures to reduce delay and corrupt practices at the country’s ports. This emerged in Lagos during a working…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) over the weekend lamented that Nigerians, since 2018, have been paying around N16bn annually as container deposit fees to foreign shipping companies. This is even, as the agency also revealed that its…
By Seun Ibiyemi In a bid to link the Apapa port with the standard gauge rail to evacuate containers and to reduce gridlock at the port environment, the Federal Government has said that the old scanner, other obstructing infrastructures will…
