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Customs Pledges To Resolve Teething Problems With VIN Policy
Management of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has promised freight forwarders and licensed customs agents that it would resolve and modify the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation system which has disrupted port activities…
CONTRABANDS: Truckers Decry Customs Seizures Of Over 100 Vehicles
Maritime truck owners have again lamented that over 100 trucks seized by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service at different commands and formations have affected means of conveyance of cargoes from the ports
President of…
UKRAINE INVASION: Maersk To Suspend Vessel Bookings, As UK Closes Ports Against Russian Ships
Shipping giant Maersk line has indicated interest to suspend bookings to and from Russia of vessels.
In Maersk’s latest update on its response to the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company said it was…
MWUN Suspends Planned Industrial Actions After Close Door Meeting With NNPC, NPA , Others
Last minutes intervention by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA on Monday,the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has again shelved the planned industrial action against the…
FMOT Makes U-turn, Approves Individuals Participation In CRFFN Elections, As Aniebonam Urges Associations To Protest
By Roland Ekama
Fresh indications have emerged that the Federal Ministry of Transportation has approved individual candidatures in the forthcoming Council for the Regulations of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) elections .…
CSR: NPA Set To Execute Major Projects In Host Communities Across Six Ports
In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has indicated interest to execute major projects in all host communities where seaports are located across the littoral states of the country.…
COMTUA Suffers Setback As General Secretary Resigns
The Council of Maritime Truck Unions and Association (COMTUA) has suffered another major blow as Comrade Victor Nnotum has officially resigned his membership as Secretary.
Nnotum who had served as General Secretary, dumped…
RUSSIA/UKRAINE UPDATE: France Seizes Vessel On EU Sanction List
French sea police seized a ship on Saturday that authorities suspect belongs to a Russian company targeted by European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine, a government official told Reuters.
The cargo vessel transporting…
PROTEST UPDATE : Shippers’ Council To Engage Customs Over VIN Policy
Even as port operations at Tin Can Island Port and PTML have been halted due to the implementation of Vehicles Identification Number (VIN) policy for over a week , the Nigerian Shippers'Council (NSC) has assured freight forwarders and…
BLACK SEA: Russian Invasion On Ukraine Sparks Shipping Chaos , As Insurance Rates Soar
Insurers have raised the cost of providing cover for merchant ships through the Black Sea, adding to soaring rates to transport goods through the region for vessels still willing to sail after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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