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2 days ago
Eighteen years after the Federal Government approved the development of seven Inland Dry Ports (IDPs) across the country, only two are operational. According to the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), the two functional IDPs are the Dala Inland Dry...
2 days ago
The African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has urged government regulatory agencies in the maritime industry to collaborate with stakeholders through capacity-building workshops...
2 days ago
APM Terminals’ West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) has commissioned its new Container Freight Station (CFS) at Onne Port, Rivers State, to support streamlined processes for import and export operations
2 days ago
The President of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Lucky Amiwero, has reached out to President Bola Tinubu, seeking his intervention to ensure the Nigeria Customs Service
2 days ago
Trucks Transit Parks (TTP) Limited has deactivated 83 trucks from the electronic call-up system, known as ETO, for various infractions committed by truck owners and drivers.
2 days ago
The Tin Can Island command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have revealed that syndicates operating within West and Central Africa are involved in smuggling arms
3 days ago
Shippers and manufacturers have expressed concerns over the impacts of exchange rate scarcity, cumbersome clearing processes, increased service charges and the overall rising cost of operations at ports.
10 Mar
Stakeholders in the marine sector have called on the Federal Government to factor them into the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) as the government moves to explore CNG an alternative fuel for powering vehicles in Nigeria.
8 Mar
Barely three days after the Customs’ exchange rate for calculating duties at the seaports was reduced to N1,544.081/$, it has been reviewed upward to N1,560.511/$.
6 Mar
The unsafe practices of boat operators have continued to endanger the lives of 14 million commuters that patronise the Lagos State waterways transport system yearly. Boat mishaps have become a normal occurrence on Lagos waterways
6 Mar
Nigeria has failed to implement the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) decarbonisation plans in the maritime sector resulting in over N100 billion lost yearly to the high cost of diesel to power the ports.
6 Mar
The President of the Nigerian Licensed Ship Chandlers Association, Dr Martins Enebeli, has said the country loses $15 billion on ship chandling and allied services yearly due to harsh operating environment, inadequate access to capital
6 Mar
A maritime lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), Mrs. Jean Chiazor-Anishere, has urged the House of Representatives to assist in formulating a national Blue Economy Policy or strategy for sustainable ocean resource management and development.
3 hours ago
Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Friday that its profits more than doubled in 2023, a year that saw the company defy US sanctions with the release of a high-end smartphone.
4 hours ago
Tokyo markets closed higher on Friday after the Dow and S&P 500 hit new highs on Wall Street, while investors awaited US economic data due later in the day.
7 hours ago
Disconnected Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards as a result of unverified National Identification Number (NIN) may hit 50 million from the second phase of the disconnection of unlinked SIMs to NIN exercise, which begins today, March 29.
8 hours ago
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has auctioned N1.64 trillion worth of treasury bills.
8 hours ago
In lieu of the increase in passenger traffic this season, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) has assured safety, security, and better customer experience for travellers using the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) facility in Lagos.
8 hours ago
Amidst several challenges confronting the power sector, including limited access to critical resources, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has unveiled plans to liaise with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
8 hours ago
To streamline operations and enforce parity across its workforce, the Board of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) yesterday affirmed recent management changes and its decision to harmonize salaries and conditions of service for all employees.
8 hours ago
Nigeria’s Terms of Trade (ToT), for all commodities, recorded a decline of 0.22 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2023.
8 hours ago
Succour may be on the way for power generation in the country due to the collaboration between Daystar Power and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI).
8 hours ago
Heirs Technologies has expressed readiness to make Nigeria a leading Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) destination in Africa.