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AS the gridlock around Tin-can Island port which has resulted in the congestion at the terminals continues unabated, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, and the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, have started strategising for alternative routes for passage of trucks.
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IMPORTERS, clearing agents and truck owners have expressed concern over the worsening traffic gridlock along the access roads at the Tin-Can Island Port Complex, TICPC, Apapa, Lagos.
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By Victor Young, Godfrey Bivbere & Olayinka Ajayi Angry stakeholders, including the National Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, and Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday threw their weight behind three days warning strike declared by the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, which is billed to start Wednesday to protest
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Member, Presidential Committee on Ease of Doing Business, Mr. Emenike Nwokeoji, in this interview discredits comments that suggests revival of eastern ports describing the claims as political conspiracy. He also spoke on other issues Excerpt: By Eguono Odjegba As a former member of the Presidential Committee on Ease of Doing Business, what is your view
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By Godwin Oritse Since July 2016, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has been going through positive transformations, reforms and repositioning. On her appointment, the current Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman, set out the new trajectory of the NPA, stating: “Our ports are a critical artery of the economy, and it is our duty to ensure
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Following Vanguard’s exclusive report about the container-load of suspected toxic waste abandoned in Lagos, the shipping company that has its name written on the container, CMA CGM Nigeria Shipping Limited, and the three Customs Commands in Lagos have distanced themselves from the abandoned waste.
Read More Following the nationwide protest tagged, #EndSARS, which disrupted port operations, the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, is pushing demurrage waiver for consignments trapped at the ports.
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said that by next month (October), all the roads leading in and out of ports in the state would be opened for public use and that the state had donated 30 hectares of land for heavy-duty trucks to utilise.
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government said the state Wharf Landing Fees Collecting Authority has the legal backing to collect fees from vehicles being cleared out of the port of Lagos. Chairman of the Authority, Prince Gboyega Salvador-Adebayo, gave the clarification following trending story on the social media about the fees-collecting Authority alleged illegal clamp
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By Dave Oso African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APPFLON) has condemned the exclusion of major stakeholders in the maritime industry, most especially, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) by the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) from making input in the preparation of what seems to be a surreptitious Ports concession agreement. In
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