A group under the aegis of National Council of Managing Director of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has faulted calls by operators for agencies in the maritime industry to transform into a commercial regulatory body, stressing that this is the need for an independent outfit for efficient control of the sector.

Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Bio has said that the ministry would soon put in place a development plan for both the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)

APM Terminals Apapa Limited, operator of the Container Terminal in Apapa, Lagos has set another safety record: the company’s operation now boasts of more than two hundred days without a lost_time injury among its over 800 employees.

The directive by the Federal Government to the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to contribute N1 billion each for the dredging of the River Niger has been faulted by the leadership of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA.

By Godfrey Bivbere
Management of Sepid Agencies Ltd.,   managers of IKT has distanced itself from recent reports of missing 150 containers at the Ikorodu Lighter Terminal, ILT, stressing that they have done everything by the book since assuming management of the terminal.

Managing Director of Sepid, Prince Sakiru Adetona at a forum in Lagos, [...]

THE payment of the enhanced salary package (monetisation) to workers of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA which began in July last year, has pitched management against staff of the authority as staffers are calling for the payment of arrears of the monetisation policy.

The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA has strongly canvassed to be given the role of technical and commercial regulator in the country’s post-concession port industry in order to achieve international best practices in the system.

Dufil Prima Foods Plc has warned consumers never to consume pest infected products and not to store indomie noodle near insecticides, and kerosine, adding that one can not recognise an unsafe meal until after consumption.

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has lauded HYGEIA Foundation for its contribution to the healthcare industry in the country.

There seems to be no end in sight to the lingering industrial unrest between the management of
Leventis group, and workers of its snacks factory over right to freedom of association as an earlier meeting fixed for yesterday between the management and officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), to find solution to crisis was called off at the last minute.