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PEAK SEASON: Maersk Line To Halt Surcharges From September 1
MAERSK Line has instructed its commercial department to stop applying the peak season surcharge from It further stated that “we would like to thank you for the supporting document you shared shedding light on the meeting between the…
ROAD REHABILITATION: LAGFERRY Deploys More Ferries, Increase Daily Trips
As part of efforts to cushion the likely effects of the ongoing road rehabilitation at Ojota/Ikorodu Road Interchange and the traffic diversion announced by the Ministry of Transportation, the Lagos Ferry Services (LAGFERRY) is deploying…
TRADE FACILITATION: LCCI Advocates Effective Inter-Agencies Collaboration
As part of efforts to boost trade facilitation, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has harped on inter-governmental agencies cooperation in the maritime sector toward ensuring reduction dwelling time of cargoes at the…
Exporters Seek Shippers Council Intervention To Review, Regulate Cost Of Barge Operations
Following the high cost charges of cargoes through waterways transportation, the Nigeria Chambers of Commerce Industry,Mines and Agriculture NACCIMA has stressed the need for Nigerian Shippers Council to review and regulate cost of barge…
Maritime Police Threatens To Arrest Illegal Dredgers ,Pledges Support For Association
The acting Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Maritime, Commissioner of Police Anderson Bankole has assured the organised and registered members of the Dredgers Association of Nigeria of support and protection in the discharge of…
NPA Raises Alarm Over Barges Movement Calling At Pilotage District , Says Operations Threat To Vessels
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has raised the alarm over movement of barges at the Lagos Pilotage District ,saying their activities have become a threat to vessels calling at the seaports.
Recall that management of ENL…
TRADE FACILITATION: Shippers’ Council Tasks Stakeholders To Embrace UNCTAD After Post COVID19
As part of efforts to encourage seamless port operations and to further encourage "Smart Port status, the Nigerian Shippers' Council has called on the federal government and maritime stakeholders to embrace the ten point action plan of the…
EXPORT: NACCIMA Loses N1bn Worth Of Cashew During COVID19 Lockdown
The Nigeria Chambers of Commerce Industry,Mines and Agriculture NACCIMA said on Tuesday , that exporters of cashew lost a whooping one billion naira due to delay accessing the seaports during the peak of the COVID19 lockdown pandemic .…
WATERWAYS SAFETY: 48 Marshals Trained To Man Jetties Across Lagos State
The Lagos State Safety Commission, in collaboration with the Office of the Sustainable Development Goals and Lagos State Waterways Authority, has trained and deployed 48 COVID-19 volunteers as Safety Marshals to jetties across the State in…
PDP Chieftain Makes Case For Bakassi Deep Seaport,Urges FG To Support Cross River Super highway
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has made a strong case on the need for the Federal Government to support the signature projects of the Cross River State Government.…