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NATIONAL President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Tony Uju Nwabunike, has applauded customs brokers and freight forwarders for helping to realise the N500billion revenue collected by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, in the first half of 2020.

NIGERIAN Shippers’ Council, NSC, has directed the immediate stoppage of arbitrary charges imposed on transportation of cargo to off-dock terminals, describing the act as unethical and unacceptable.

THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and the Presidential Task Team, PTT, may have resorted to turning back trucks at the gates of the Apapa ports due to alleged breach of its call up procedure.

AMIDST the several  misfortunes of Nigeria’s local content drive in the marine transport sector, an industry chieftain has painted another picture of how the former leadership of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, rolled out a policy that eroded indigenous participation under the Cabotage law.

PRESIDENT of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria, CIoTA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has restated the institute’s commitment to safety of all modes of transportation in the country, especially those operating within the port environment.

INTERNATIONAL Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in Nigeria may have commenced moves to institute a legal action against the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, over the controversial stevedoring charges.

LATEST information from the Presidential Task Team, PTT, on Restoration of Law and Order in Apapa environment has indicated that sufficient relief on the traffic crises in the area would come in December 2020 when the reconstruction work is targeted for completion.

TWO groups, the Council of Managing Directors of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, CMDNLCA, and the All Ports Unified Freight Forwarding Practitioners Association, APUFFPA, have accused the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF, of attempt to uplift itself to a quasi-regulatory body.

THE persistent boat accidents that have claimed the lives of several citizens have been blamed on the failure of regulatory agencies to enforce safety measures and control certification of the boat drivers.

MANAGEMENT of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has carried out a major reorganisation in its public relations department, to strengthen the steady progress that has been recorded in the past four years. 

CONTRARY to media report that Denca Bonded Terminal Limited has been shut down by a group of Freight forwarders, the management of the firm has refuted such report.

MANAGING Director/Chief Executive Officer, GOG Marine Limited, Bem Ibrahim Garba, has blamed the country’s inability to maximise its maritime potentials to the fullest, on negligence on the part of the government.

THE  Western Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has flagged off Exercise Okun Alafia II, a Yoruba word for Calm Water, to address insecurity in the maritime environment within its area of command, spanning Lagos up to 200 nautical miles of the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

‘THIS is to inform you that my thirty two and a half year-career with the NCS has come to an end effectively from today, July 21, 2020 through compulsory retirement.