Author: Saint Augustine

As part of efforts to improve access into and service delivery at the Lagos Ports Complex and the Tin Can Island Port, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced a 14-day (two weeks) suspension of export receipts at both ports and all satellite truck parks with effect from Monday March 22, 2021. Ibrahim Nasiru, Assistant General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, NPA, in a statement in Lagos on Monday stated that the development was necessitated by the need for consultations with export cargo stakeholders and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on the harmonisation of procedures required of owners of…

Following increasing reports of abuses of process in the operation of barges and private jetties, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has clamped down on unsea-worthy barges while three illegal jetties have been sealed. A statement issued by the Authority in Nigeria on Monday said that the decision followed the establishment of an inter-agency committee comprising of representatives of the NPA, Nigerian Maritime Administration Agency (NIMASA), Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and the Lagos State Inland Waterways Authority (LASWA). In addition, the statement signed by Ibrahim Nasiru, Assistant General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications at the Authority informed that the committee…

…BPE DG is the guest speaker SIFAX Group, a group of companies with investment in Maritime, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Haulage & Logistics, Financial Services and Hospitality, in line with its industry leadership objectives takes the lead again in charting a new course for the funding of critical infrastructure development in the country’s maritime sector. The company in partnership with the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce is set to bring together key industry stakeholders to discuss the alternative sources of funding critical infrastructure development in the country’s maritime sector. This will be the focus of the Chamber’s monthly business networking…

The organised private sector of the Nigerian maritime industry is collaborating to promote the Nigeria International Maritime Summit (NIMS), positioned as the country’s only whole-of-value-chain maritime event. Facilitated by a unique industry-wide collaboration and supported by government, NIMS sets agenda and highlights solutions for maritime business, policy and operations in Nigeria. In addition to featuring Nigeria’s first immersive virtual maritime exhibition and trade show, NIMS will feature discussions on cross-cutting aspects of maritime industry operations, business, law and policy. Ose Omobhude, Program Officer, NIMS, who spoke in a statement in Lagos on Monday disclosed that the first annual event is…

…Commits to restoring order, security immediately Following the spate of killing of security operatives in the state in recent time, the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has directed all security agencies in the State, the Vigilante Services, all task forces and every structure in the State security infrastructure to rise in defence of the state. Governor Obiano who issued the directives in a statewide broadcast on Sunday also called on all youths in Anambra State, all communities, all market task forces and indeed every outfit in this State to duty even as he equally called all traditional rulers, Presidents…

President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemns the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, saying the string of brutal attacks on individuals and communities in the state, with the latest one targeting the governor, was unacceptable. The President welcomed the dispatch of a high level team of crack investigators to the state from the Police Headquarters in Abuja, urging the officers to uncover who or whatsoever was behind the attacks and bring them to justice. In expressing his sympathies and that of the government of the federation to Governor Ortom and all Benue State indigenes, President Buhari said the…

The Congregation of Registered Freight Forwarding Practitioners of Nigeria (CREFFPON) has demanded that the customs officer who shot a freight forwarder along the Tincan – Mile 2 expressway in Lagos be fished out for dismissal from the Service and subsequently be prosecuted for attempted murder. Recall that a freight forwarder in the course of taking delivery of a used Toyota car duly cleared at PTML terminal at the auto-wharf/Mile 2 FOU check point was said to have been shot by a customs officer allegedly on a flimsy excuse of attempting to drive off without paying the “Officer on duty” settlement.…

In a great leap forward in dockworkers’ welfare, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has midwifed the signing of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on a revised minimum wage and improved living standard for dockworkers. The deal on “reviewed minimum standard for the dock labour industry” between the seaport terminal operators and dockworkers followed the CBA initiative endorsed by NIMASA in 2018. The agreement was signed at a well-attended ceremony at the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos chaired by Chairman of the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC), the Agency’s Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Mr. Victor Ochei.…

Following the rising insecurity in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi to reintroduce the Cargo Tracking Notes (CTN) in a bid to curb the proliferation of arms and rising banditry across the nation. Buhari, who is shopping for ideas to beef up security in the country, has been convinced that CTN could play a crucial role in enabling the nation address the growing spate of banditry, kidnappings and restiveness fueled by easy access to guns. Amaechi has further directed the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to commence preparation to undertake the responsibility…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has given manufacturers and importers of steel products three months to evacuate fake and substandard steel products in the country. Besides, the agency acknowledged the vital importance of producing steel products that meets the requirements of the standards, noting that steel products are key materials used in building bridges, houses and as such, must pass the quality threshold to safeguard lives and property. The Director General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, at a stakeholders’ meeting stated that Nigeria Industrial Standard (117) for steel products must be adhered to, while sounding a note of warning to…