Nigeria Customs loses N16.2bn to COVID-19 at Apapa port
Samson Echenim
April 8, 2020
The Nigeria Customs Service, has lost about N16.2 billion to negative impact of the novel coronavirus at the Tin Can Port after earning N31.2 billion for the month of March, against N47.4 billion projected income of the command. The Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service had in January taken a target of N540 […]
COVID-19: Shipping lines, port operator ask NIMASA to consider timing on voyages to avoid congestion
Samson EchenimApril 8, 2020
Shipping lines and RoRo port concessionaire, Ports & Terminal Multiservice Limited, Nigeria have appealed to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to consider voyages less than 14 days quarantine to avoid undue delay and port congestion. This is as Bashir Jamoh, director general of NIMASA, said the marine notice on COVID-19 was open […]
FG intervention saves importers N34.12bn as shipping lines, banks return to work
Samson EchenimApril 8, 2020
A swift intervention by the Federal Government to the situation at the Lagos seaports has saved importers and their agents about N34.12 billion. Business a.m had reported on Wednesday that importers in Nigeria face N34.12 billion loss in demurrage and port storage charges on about 75,000 TEUs imported into the country within this 14 days lockdown […]
NPA MD pledges more support for SIFAX Group operations
Samson EchenimApril 3, 2020
Hadiza Bala Usman, managing director, Nigerian Ports Authority, has pledged the agency’s support towards resolving some of the challenges being experienced by SIFAX Group, due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus. She made this pledge when she visited the terminal of Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, the flagship company of […]
Nigerian importers to lose N34.12bn as international shipping lines, banks lock shops
Samson EchenimApril 1, 2020
We insist on force majeure… ANLCA By Samson Echenim Importers in Nigeria face N34.12 billion loss in demurrage and port storage charges on about 75,000 TEUs imported into the country within this 14 days lockdown period, Business a.m can authoritatively report. It was gathered that while the Nigeria Customs Service and the terminal operators keep […]
Don’t loiter at seaports, freight forwarders told, as Nigeria Covid-19 cases double up
Samson EchenimMarch 31, 2020
Freight forwarders and licensed customs brokers have been told to stay away from the seaports, especially ports in Lagos, if they have no jobs. Imports and exports activities continue at the ports as essential services after President Muhammadu Buhari announced locked down of the country’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos and neighboring Ogun State as well […]
COVID-19: Importers get relief as NPA suspends demurrage, storage charges for 21 days
Samson EchenimMarch 31, 2020
Nigerian importers are to get benefit from a relief in fees following a directive issued by the Nigerian Ports Authority to all terminal operators in the country to suspend all applicable terminal storage fees on consignments and demurrage for an initial period of 21 days, effective March 23, 2020. In a statement by Adams Jatto, general manager Corporate […]
COVID-19: Maritime goes to sleep as agencies, operators embark on partial shutdown
Samson EchenimMarch 31, 2020
As expected, all the government agencies and some big operators in the maritime industry embarked on partial shutdown last week, putting the industry on a sleep mode, as fears over the coronavirus heightened. Global figures for the virus hit 577,000 cases, with 26,500 deaths on Friday, while Nigeria stood at 65 cases and one death, […]
Terminal operators raise alarm over imminent congestion at Lagos ports
Samson EchenimMarch 30, 2020
Seaport terminal operators say massive congestion is looming at the ports in Lagos because consignees and their agents are not taking delivery of their cargos. The seaport concenssionaires, Monday raised the alarm that their facilities are 90 to 95 percent full, raising fears of congestion at the ports. The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria […]
Activities continue at Lagos seaports after lockdown
Samson EchenimMarch 30, 2020
Business activities are continuing at the seaports in Lagos, after the Nigerian Ports Authority confirmed imports and exports as essential services. The NPA, Monday sid consequent to the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari that Lagos seaports, (Apapa and Tin can Island ports), should remain open in the duration of the two-week lockdown of Lagos State, […]