NPA Flags Off Export Processing Terminals , With Four New  Additional Charges

In complying with Executive Order 001 as it relates to the Nigerian Ports  Authority’s creation of export terminals within the seaports, the Managing Director, Mohammed Bello Koko, briefed Terminal Operators and Shipping Companies on the take-off of the Export Processing Terminals (EPTs).

In order to ensure that the operation does not conflict with existing service lines of terminal operators and shipping companies, the Authority outlined the following which will henceforth take place at the EPTs and be charged only by  EPTs.

These charges include: Cargo Examination Charge, Weighbridge/ VGM charge,  Stuffing charge. Storage Charge and Extra Service charge

According to a statement on the verified facebook page of NPA as sighted by our correspondent on Friday, terminal operators are not allowed to charge for export box or cargoes arriving at the terminal en route for loading except where specifically requested by the Nigeria Customs Service or other government agencies in which case appropriate & verifiable documentation shall be provided by the terminal operator upon demand by the government.

The Authority is at an advanced stage of integrating the CBN NXP to the Eto requirements to eliminate the ability of any shipping line to deliver any export box to the terminals without concluding the NXP requirements thus Dumping such boxes in the terminals with its associated challenges.

By Roland Ekama