Author: Saint Augustine

The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello has blame lack of input by the stakeholders in the Nigerian Maritime Industry as the major reason why the Nigerian Coastal and Inland Shipping Law otherwise known as the Cabotage law has not been effective. Bello who was speaking at a one day seminar organized by the Nigerian Ports Consultative Council in Lagos on Tuesday faulted the situation where lawyers were always in the forefront of drafting laws that would guide industry with little or no input from the stakeholders whom the laws were…

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has commended the Maritime resident reporters for their vibrancy in reporting issues and setting agenda for stakeholders in the maritime industry. The Executive Secretary of NSC, Barr. Hassan Bello who made this known while delivering a goodwill message at a one day seminar organized by the Nigerian Ports Consultative Council in Lagos on Tuesday said he was impressed with the performance of the maritime reporters. Bello opined that the maritime reporters now give more of knowledge and information adding that if one really need to have information as well as the trends in the maritime…

Southeast Ndigbo Lagos is a socio-political group of all Igbos from the Southeast Geopolitical zone of Nigeria who reside, do business or work in Lagos State and who are unrepentantly and deeply committed to the promotion and realization of the interest of the Igbo Nation in particular and Nigeria in general. The group consists of highly vibrant, proactive and intelligent persons who are sincerely committed to the development and progress of Igbo land in particular and Nigeria in general. President, South-East Ndigbo-Amaka Group, Mr. Leonard Ogbonna, has called on Nigerians and the Igbo-speaking communities in Lagos State, to participate fully…

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos today adjourned till Monday December 15, 2014 hearing in a case brought against the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) by members of the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN). Justice Ibrahim Buba adjourned for adoption of written addresses by the lawyers representing the parties in the suit. STOAN filed the suit against the NSC on Monday 10th November 2014 shortly after Justice Buba – on technical grounds – struck out a case it filed earlier against the Council over progressive storage charges at the port. STOAN had obtained an injunction on Friday 31st October…

Governor of Kano State, Dr.Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has commended Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for its contributions to the social and economic development of Kano State through its continuous participation in the Kano International Trade Fairs over the years. According to the statement released by the assistant General Manager Public Affairs NPA, Musa Iliya, the Governor made this known in Kano on the occasion of Nigeria Ports Authority’s special Day at the just concluded 35th Edition of Kano International Trade Fair which was held between Saturday 22nd November and 4th December, 2014. The statement quoted the Governor as saying that the…

…As NPCC holds one-day Seminar in Lagos Stakeholders at a one day Seminar organized by the Nigerian Ports Consultative Council at the Eko Hotels and Suite Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday disagreed over the existence of a broad maritime policy as a working document for the Nigerian Maritime industry. In a lecture entitled,” Technical and Economic Regulation for Enhanced Performance”, Barr. Emeka Akabogu stated that there was no coherent maritime policy for the entire nation. Akabogu who said that the nearest attempt Nigeria had made at getting a Nigerian Maritime Policy was the repealed National Shipping Policy Act of 1987…

A maritime Lawyer, Barr. Emeka Akabogu has decried the open opposition to the status of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NCS) as the economic regulator of the Nigerian ports by the terminal operators describing it as unfortunate. It will be recalled that the terminal operators under the aegis of the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) had dragged the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) before a Federal High Court sitting at Ikoyi in Lagos over the Council’s circular directing the terminal operators to revert to storage charges as approved by the Minister of Transport as at May 1, 2009, a case…

…Calls for reduction in training fees                   The training institutions accredited by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) to run its training programmes for both the would be freight forwarders and freight forwarders as well has called on the council to put some measures in place towards making the training programmes attractive to the target audience. The institutions made this call in an interview with newsmen at the end of the summit organized by the CRFFN for registered Freight Forwarding Associations and Accredited Training institutions in Lagos recently. The Rector, Emdee Shipping and Maritime College,…

The National President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero has called on the relevant authorities to consider a change in the process of inspecting goods coming into the country for optimum gains. Amiwero who was speaking at a public forum organized by the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) in Lagos recently disclosed that what was obtained currently in the country was not the best adding that other nations of the world had changed their processes of inspection, the reason the World Customs Organization (WCO) developed the SAFE framework. According to him,” SAFE framework…

The National President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu has called on the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) to create a help desk so as to enable agents and stakeholders to access their services. Shittu who was speaking at a the public forum organized by SON in Lagos recently stated that the desk would facilitate quick information sharing which would in turn boost the confidence of the agency’s processes. He opined that with the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in vogue, people don’t need to travel a long distance to access the services of the SON…