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Our antidote to corrupt practices along port corridors- truckers
The maritime truck owners association has disclosed a joint plan with freight forwarders, aimed at checkmating all forms of…
Shippers’ Council seeks waiver on demurrage covering protest period
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council is holding talks with shipping companies in Nigeria on how waivers would be considered for cargos…
New Zealand introduces stricter rules governing livestock shipments
New Zealand is imposing stricter rules for the export of live animals by ship following a fatal incident involving a livestock…
All export goods must bear NXP number as directed, says CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned that shipping companies flouting the Federal Government’s directive that all export…
WTO launches new import licensing platform
Four years of work by the WTO Secretariat bore fruit with the launch on 9 October 2020 of the new import licensing database.
Why trade facilitation no longer exist in our ports
By Jonathan Nicol
Shippers developed thick skin to the myriads of negative issues affecting our trade. From the day the goods…
COVID-19 Pandemic: Customs Service plans new means for cargo examination…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has reduced the number of cargoes physically examined at the ports as part of measures…
Truckers at Apapa Port demand modernised call-up system
“In view of the ongoing unfair manner and secrecy by which trucks are being admitted into the ports via the transit parks, the…
APM Terminals, NRC restore rail service at Apapa Port
APM Terminals Apapa and Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have restored the evacuation of containers by rail from the Lagos Port…
Rivers Port expects first RoRo vessel
The Rivers Port is expecting to
handle its first ever Roll On/Roll Off operations in a couple of weeks, the
Nigerian…