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ZEB: NAGAFF Raises Alarm Over Alleged Intimidation , Extortion From Police Operatives
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) , 100% Compliance Team has called on the Inspector-General of Police and other relevant agencies to save them from undue harassment, intimidation, detention and…
Gov. Obaseki Charges 10 Edo Recipients Of NSDP Scholarships To Excel, Doles Out $5,000 Each To Beneficiaries
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated 10 Edo State indigenes awarded the Nigerian Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) scholarships, charging them to excel.
According to a statement , the Governor gave the charge…
NIWA: Nigeria Is First Country To Commence Inland Waterways Transport In Africa – Moghalu
Sequel to the commissioning of two patrol boats, the Managing Director , National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) , Chief George Moghalu, on Friday in Rivers State has stated that Nigeria is the first country in the continent to begin…
Bureau Highlights Customs Delay In Cargo Examination As Responsible For High Cost Of Doing Business In Nigeria Ports
The Director General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) DG, Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi, has highlighted the high cost of doing business at the ports to include gridlock on the port corridors, delay in scanning and physical examination,…
Vessel Laden With Ukrainian Grain Grounds In Turkey’s Strait
A bulk cargo vessel Laden with grain from Ukraine has ran aground in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait, halting traffic in the waterway.
The Turkish General Directorate of Coastal Safety reports that that 173-meter Lady Zehma grounded after…
APFFLON Queries Eligibility Of Freight Forwarding Associations Under CRFFN, Advocates Uniformity
By Roland Ekama
The African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has lamented that there is no compliant registered association accredited by Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding…
FG Expresses Dissatisfaction Over Port Concessionaires Payment Default
The Minister of Transportation, Mu'Azu Sambo has expressed disappointment over failures on the part of port concessionaires to comply in the payment of outstanding debt for the federal government of Nigeria.
The Minister, however,…
We Will Continue To Encourage Indigenous Terminal Operators – Dockworkers President
President, Dockworkers Branch of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Ibrahim Tajudeen Ohize has asserted that the labour force at the seaports will continue to encourage indigenous port concessionaires to compete…
Regional Maritime Bank To Commence Operations Within 90 Days
The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has expressed the hope that within 90 days the Ministry will be able to secure accommodation to enable the take off of the Regional Maritime Development Bank .
According to a statement…
AFFINITY V: Crude Oil Tanker Refloated After Running Aground Blocking Suez Canal For 5hrs
Combined services of some tug boats have refloated an oil tanker that was briefly stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal late on Wednesday due to a technical fault with its rudder, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.
The vessel, Affinity V,…