News
Qatar charters two MSC Cruises Ships for FIFA World Cup 2022
Qatar has entered into an agreement with MSC Cruises for the charter of two cruise ships during the FIFA…
Border closure: N1.45 trillion goods smuggled to Nigeria from Benin Republic annually – World Bank.
Segun Oladipupo | The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has said it supports the…
PMB honours Customs Chief, former Airport cleaner for integrity.
Abiola Seun | President, Muhammadu Buhari has presented Integrity awards to former Customs Area Controller,…
Tanker ran into tricycles, motorcycles, cars and bus; went up in flames
—- As villagers lose bags of dried cocoa, cash and other valuables in another Petrol-laden tanker inferno Petrol tanker ran…
Floods: 40,000 displaced in Borno – UN
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has expressed concern over the conditions of more than 40,000…
Customs & Excise
ANLCA condemns rituals of Customs’ revenue targets.
Segun Oladipupo | The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has criticised the…
Expert urges Customs to secure nation’s seaports
Abiola Seun | The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kam Industries, Kamorudeen Yusuf, has urged…
Customs intercepts cartons of smuggled poultry products in Lagos
Abiola Seun | The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has destroyed 1,393 imported frozen poultry products seized…
Editorial
Lagos Ports Access Roads: Killing the Goose that lays the Golden Eggs
It is no gainsaying that the Lagos ports access roads have become a national embarrassment. The roads have also…
Border Closure and Pains of Legitimate Business Owners
Today makes it the 83rd day since August 21, 2019 when Nigerian government shut its border posts in the…
Security for Sale at Nigerian Ports
Penultimate week, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman, at the behest of Minister of…
Illicit Trade
NAFDAC sensitises worship centres on dangers of drug abuse
CAT: ILLICIT NEWS Abiodun OBA | National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says…
NDLEA shifts from reactive policing to intelligence led policing
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operations are gradually shifting from reactive policing to intelligence led policing. This was…
NAFDAC to clampdown on substandard, falsified drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) NAFDAC shall continue to be proactive and vigilant…
Human Trafficking: Mali Police rescue more than 60 victims
Malian police rescued more than 60 victims of human trafficking, mostly women and girls, who were subjected to sexual exploitation,…
US and China hail jail verdict on nine people selling fentanyl
US and China on Thursday hailed the jail verdict on nine people who sold fentanyl to Americans. The verdict was…
How I escaped death by a whisker – Henry Njoku.
Chief Henry Njoku, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) cheated death by…
I took refuge in maritime industry after I was duped – Comrade Ohize
Comrade Ibrahim Tajudeen Ohize is the President, Dockworkers branch of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN). Comrade Ohize even though…
“I left my village with poly bag and one shirt to come to Lagos,” – Sharfex
Segun Oladipupo | Alhaji Sharafadeen Oguntoyinbo is the Tincan Island…
I don’t want anyone to remember me for anything – Hassan Bello
Barrister Hassan Bello, the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, is an epitome of modesty and humility. Despite the…
Why NPA no longer produce athletes for Nigerian National Team—Charles Okaga
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) takes sports very importantly unlike other maritime regulatory agencies. This is evident in the efforts…
How to ...
HOW TO: Standard Import Clearance Process in Nigeria Air and Sea Ports- Customs Area
NOTE 1: Any person intending to import physical goods into Nigeria shall in the first instance process e-Form ‘M’ through…
BECOMING A SEAMAN
The average salary for seaman depends on position, employer, and salary guidelines set by the Maritime Board, but one thing…
Oil & Gas
Cambodia to start extracting crude oil by 2020
Cambodia would begin the extraction of its first drop of crude oil from one of its offshore oilfields by…
Oil rises after OPEC’s Barkindo says U.S. shale growth may slow in 2020
Oil rose on Thursday after industry data showed a surprise drop in U.S. crude inventories, while comments from an OPEC…
Shipping Positions
Lagos Port Complex receives 25 Vessels
The Lagos Ports Complex, Apapa, will be a beehive of activities as about 25 vessels are expected to berth at…
NPA DAILY SHIPPING POSITION 23RD -25TH JULY 2019
DAILY TRAFFIC SHIPPING POSITION THURSDAY 25TH JULY, 2019. SHIPPING POSITION 25TH LPC VESSELS EXPECTED 25TH. LAGOS SHIPPING…
NPA DAILY SHIPPING POSITIONS
DAILY TRAFFIC SHIPPING POSITION MONDAY 22ND JULY, 2019. SHIPPING POSITION FOR 22 JULY 2019 (1)
NPA DAILY SHIPPING POSITIONS
SHIPS AT BERTH 2 (1) Ship Expected (1) DAILY SHIPPING NEW
NPA DAILY SHIPPING POSITION
DAILY TRAFFIC SHIPPING POSITION TUESDAY 2ND JULY, 2019. PORT HARCOURT SHIPPING POSITION FOR 2ND JULY 2019 DAILY SHIPPING…
Maritime
Alcohol, Biomethane & Ammonia to be used as marine fuel?
Market projections have shown that the best-positioned fuels for research and development into net-zero marine fuels are alcohol, biomethane and…
Cambodia to start extracting crude oil by 2020
Cambodia would begin the extraction of its first drop of crude oil from one of its offshore oilfields by…
Oil rises after OPEC’s Barkindo says U.S. shale growth may slow in 2020
Oil rose on Thursday after industry data showed a surprise drop in U.S. crude inventories, while comments from an OPEC…
Market uncertainty causes more fuel oil price volatility
The oil market has recently been shaken up by geopolitical events, but market uncertainty led to more volatility in the…
FG SUSPENDS PMS SUPPLY TO BORDER STATIONS
The supply of petroleum products to filling stations located within 20 kilometers to the nation’s borders with other countries…
Interviews
NPA’s timidity to regulate terminal operators causes their impunity – Adeniyi Ajayi
Prince Adeniyi Ajayi is the Deputy National President of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA)…
Return of Wharf Rats: The security at the terminals has been compromised – Adeyanju
Comrade Adewale Adeyanju is the President General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN). In this chat with Segun…
We shall move against terminal operators who don’t kit dockworkers well – Adeyanju
In this interview with our correspondent DAPO OLAWUNI, President General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, (MWUN) Comrade Adewale Adeyanju…
Kudos & Knocls
Knocks: NPA Engineering Department or Poultry House?
Sometimes, one wonders why government agencies deliberately neglect some of their key functions. The Engineering Department of the Nigerian Ports…
US threatens to impose 10% new tariffs on China – Report
The USA President Donald Trump, has threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion of Chinese goods if the…
Maritime Icon
New boss strikes sombre tone as K Line turns 100
Today marks the 100th anniversary since the founding of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Japan’s third largest shipping line. It…
Kudos, knocks greet Dakuku’s two years as NIMASA DG
Funso Olojo | It was a mixed bag of feelings from Maritime stakeholders who gave their assessment of the performance…