Determined to sustain the increase in several export cargo arising from the Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA) licensing of Export Processing Terminals (EPTs), Managing Director/CEO of NPA, Mohammed Bello KoKo has received executives of the Satellite Truck Park Owners Association (STPOA)…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the decline in Ship-to-Ship (STS) operations and the dearth of the ship bunkering business in Nigeria, saying that the unfriendly policies of the bank is driving…
By Seun Ibiyemi The House of Representatives Committee on Ports and Harbour has demanded the restructuring of Terminal Operators and Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Licensed Agents in the country. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Nnolin Nnaji, disclosed this at the…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has negotiated a loan of $700million from Citibank to be funded by the UK Export Finance (UKEF), an export credit agency, to rehabilitate the Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports, Lagos. The Ports…
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has said that the agency is expected to generate N629.89 billion in 2024 while asking for a N200 billion loan from Afrexim Bank. Bello-Koko stated this while defending…
…Issue seven-day ultimatum By Seun Ibiyemi The senior and junior workers of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government to immediately reverse the policy on implementation of presidential directive on 50 percent automatic…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Blue Economy and Transport, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, over the handling of concessions of the Port infrastructure in the country. Rep. Ibrahim Hamisu, the Chairman, House Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation,…
The House of Representatives has dismissed a petition accusing the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Bello Koko of recording a bad debt of N178 billion in the audited financial statement of the authority in 2019. A…
Vessels conveying petroleum products, wheat and other products are waiting to berth at Lagos ports. This was disclosed by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday. The NPA said 16 ships were waiting to berth at the Lagos ports. According…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday said 16 ships were waiting to berth at the Lagos ports. NPA in its Daily Shipping Position said seven of the expected vessels would berth with containers of different goods. “Two of the…
