Abuja truck transit park to employ 5,000 people, says shippers council
Samson Echenim
March 17, 2020
A truck transit park being promoted by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja will employ no less than 5,000 people when it comes on stream, the council has said. Hassan Bello, executive secretary of the NSC, while touring the site of the proposed TTP said the park would provide short-term […]
Nigerian seaports undergo scrutiny as assessment of national trade facilitation begins
Samson EchenimMarch 17, 2020
A monitoring team set up by the federal government through the Ministry of Trade and Industry is set to begin assessment of the National Trade Facilitation Roadmap at all seaports in Nigeria. The Nigeria’s Trade Facilitation Committee (NTFC) on the “scoping mission” is made up of members from relevant federal government agencies and the organised […]
We drive local maritime industry, freight forwarders seek attention from new NIMASA DG
Samson EchenimMarch 12, 2020
Every past director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) may not have seen a need to integrate freight forwarders into its agenda. As a new director general takes over at the apex maritime regulating agency, freight forwarders are seeking a change from NIMASA, suggesting a need to extend its frontiers beyond its […]
Nigeria Customs leverages on WCO platform to tackle undervaluation
Samson EchenimMarch 12, 2020
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is leveraging on a World Customs Organisation (WCO) platform to adopt new data analysis techniques to fight undervaluation. The tool is helping the Nigeria Customs to begin analysing real-time data on imports coming through Tin Can Island Port, near Lagos, using the Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to detect fraud developed by […]
APM Terminals expands capacity with N65bn
Samson EchenimMarch 10, 2020
West Africa largest container port, APM Terminals Apapa says it is investing N65 billion for expansion terminal yard and acquisition of cargo handling equipment. APMT at Nigeria’s premier port, Apapa Port in Lagos has existing annual cargo handling capacity of 1.2 million TEU, but the closure of Nigeria’s land borders has increase seaport cargo throughput […]
N7.35bn worth of goods seized at Nigeria borders
Businessam StaffMarch 10, 2020
Customs say border closure has led to improved agric production The Nigeria Customs Service say goods worth N7.35 billion have been seized from smugglers in the ongoing border drill. Seven months into the ongoing border drill for the partial border closure, Hameed Ali, comptroller general of Nigeria Customs Service said on Tuesday that the exercise […]
Global aviation industry in focus as FAAN holds maiden national aviation conference
Samson EchenimMarch 10, 2020
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says all is now set for its maiden National Aviation Conference. The conference, with the theme, “Advancing the Frontiers of Possibilities for Safe, Secure and Profitable Air Transport,’ is aimed at providing a veritable platform for brainstorming and sharing knowledge and ideas on contemporary developments in the global aviation […]
New NIMASA chief pledges to hit the ground running as Buhari names new ED
Samson EchenimMarch 10, 2020
Bashir Jamoh, newly appointed director-general, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), on Tuesday assumed office with a pledge to engage more deeply industry stakeholders to come up with policies that would drive the maritime sector forward. Jamoh was former executive director, finance and administration. The new NIMASA boss, who made the pledge on his assumption of […]
LADOL, MAMMOET partner on one-stop engineering shop to lower cost of oil rigs construction
Samson EchenimMarch 10, 2020
Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base (LADOL) and MAMMOET, world’s leader in heavy lifting technology have signed a strategic partnership to create a one-stop shop for engineering and fabrication of oil rigs and other marine platforms. While unveiling the partnership at the groundbreaking ceremony of the project at the LADOL’s Free Trade Zone, Amy Jadesimi, CEO LADOL, said the […]
Experts charge Customs on RFID installation at seaports
Samson EchenimMarch 10, 2020
Trade and shipping logistics experts have condemned the analogous system of cargo examination at Nigerian seaports. The experts at a shipping forum in Lagos recently, berated calls by port stakeholders on Customs to fix scanning machines inherited from destination inspection (DI) service saying that scanners are old technology that modern seaports no longer use. The […]