NIWA moves to improve waterways security
IN bid to attract private investments to enhance the nation's Blue Economy initiative, the management of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has commenced moves to improve security on waterways across the country.
Tin-can gridlock drives up trucking cost by over 100%
By Godfrey Bivbere The gridlock currently being witnessed at Tin-can Island Port, Apapa, Lagos, has driven up the cost of trucking consignments from the port to other parts of Lagos by over 100 percent. The cost of trucking consignments from Tin-can to Ikeja about two to three months ago used to be between N400,000 […]
Maritime workers union decries unpaid benefits to ex-NNSL workers
***Says FG has abandoned retirees to die, suffer By Victor Ahiuma-Young Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has decried the protracted delay in the payment of pensions and terminal benefits to the former employees of the defunct Nigerian National Shipping Line, NNSL, lamenting that the affected ex-NNSL staff have been going through untold hardships leading […]
Buhari nominates Adalikwu for MOWCA Secretary General
The Federal Government has nominated Dr Paul Adalikwu to contest for the position of Secretary General of the Maritime Organisation for West and Central Africa, MOWCA. This represents the first approval by a Nigerian president, and the first time Nigeria is indicating interest in producing the head of the 45-year-old organisation. Election into the office […]
Govt action fails to curb port access road gridlock
Factories groan over 5,000 trapped containers By Godwin Oritse MARITIME INSPITE of renewed efforts by government to find solutions to Apapa traffic gridlock, there seems to be no end in sight to the menace as over 5,000 containers belonging to various manufacturing factories are currently trapped at the Tin-Can Island port. Managing Director of an […]
NEPC seeks one window platform for export efficiency
THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, has canvassed for the creation of a single window platform to be known as Domestic Export Warehouse, DEW, targeted at making exports more efficient.
