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In the last three months, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) have been having sleepless nights over the in – flux of banned goods into Onne Port despite the…
Bayo Akomolafe
Stakeholders in the maritime industry will converge next week in Lagos to address the issues of capacity building for dockworkers in order to enhance productivity in the Nigerian maritime industry. workers are the human capital…
Bayo Akomolafe
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that non-compliance with smooth trade facilitation is mainly responsible for sharp practices by agents and importers at the port. Specifically, the service explained that there had been sharp…
Bayo Akomolafe
The NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML)’s Maritime Centre of Excellence (MCOE) in Nigeria has made history by becoming the first training centre in Africa to receive the highly sought-after accreditation from the UK…
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Worried by incessant hard drug trafficking, stakeholders in the maritime industry have said that unless the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reviews its policy thrust as it concerns punishments being meted out to shipping…
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National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has said that the Maersk Line has made its container deposit refund process complex for its members. The association explained that the account statements for container deposit…
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In a move to reduce cost of shipping, boost the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), increase safety at sea, capacity building, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that the review of…
Bayo Akomolafe
Over 10,000 containers have been moved by rail in the first half of the year 2024 at the Lagos Port Complex (LPC), surpassing the 2023 full-year volume of 9,000 containers by 10 per cent. The…
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For over a decade, the cost of moving cargoes out of the nation’s seaports by in Lagos has gone up by over 450 per cent due to illegal activities by security agents, criminals and other…
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Abuja Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Port State Control for West and Central African Region has signed a multilateral agreement with its 22 member countries to ensure that seafarers certificates from Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and…
