MARITIME

A global procurement, handling, clearing and forwarding service, Simplified Corporate Logistics has resolved to help Nigerian business owners, who are currently facing difficulty ordering goods from overseas due to high costs of clearing and logistics. The plan was to reduce their incurred fines and charges, improve their cargo logistics efficiency...

  NPA to position Calabar Port for trade Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is planning to procure additional patrol boats for water security in 2017 The Managing Director of the authority, Hadiza Usman said in Lagos that the procurement would be included in 2017 budget. She added that the management of...

The Federal Government has begun move to fight and eradicate corruption which stakeholders have identified as the problem facing development of Nigerian ports. The Federal Ministry of Transportation introduced Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and the Port Services Support Portal (PSSP) in the Lagos Ports Complex following series of sharp practices....

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Tincan Island Command has generated N26.2 billion in the last one month. In a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Uche Ejesieme, the Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Yusuf Bashar explained that the amount generated was due to the operational reforms and policies...

Pirate attacks off the coast of Nigeria rose in the first half of the year, while attacks on shipping globally fell to their lowest level in 21 years, according to the International Maritime Bureau. Globally, there were 98 actual or attempted pirate attacks in the first half of 2016, according...

SIFAX Group, a multinational corporation with diverse interests in maritime, aviation, haulage & logistics, oil & gas and hospitality, has disclosed the major reasons for sitting its newly-opened RoRo terminals outside the port environment. As part of the one-stop-shop vehicle importation service launched by SIFAX Group recently, the company has...

The Tin-Can Island Customs Command has intercepted 31 containers of 14,000 bags of rice valued at over N71 million. The Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Enforcement, Dan Ugo, stated this when he conducted newsmen round the seizure on Friday. He said that the rice  was imported from China....

The Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has stated that the proposed Calabar deep seaport would be completed on schedule by his administration. He made the promise when he hosted the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, who paid him a courtesy call in...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is contemplating the replacement of obsolete scanners to reduce delay in cargo clearance at the seaports and land borders. Its Comptroller-General, retired Col. Hameed Ali, said that the fund for the procurement of new scanners had been captured in the 2016 budget. He noted that...

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Hassan Bello has called on stakeholders to support port automation system to enhance efficiency at the seaports. Bello made the call in Lagos when he led management staff of the Council on a courtesy visit to the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry...