Stakeholders are calling for an urgent overhaul of port infrastructure to enhance efficiency and increase their attraction to both domestic and international trade partners.

Stakeholders in the maritime industry have advocated a policy that would ensure that terminal delivery orders (TDOs) are linked to the electronic call-up tickets to address the racketeering creating bottlenecks in the movement of cargoes in and out of seaports.

Although the global shipping environment is generally perceived as one fraught with fraud, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) as the ports economic regulator is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that international best practices are maintained in the country’s ports. This is evidenced in some of the initiatives so far introduced by the current headship of the Council led by the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Emmanuel Jime, who assumed office in July 2021.