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Why Government Should Probe Third Governing Council Of CRFFN

In a bid to sanitise and regulate the operations of freight forwarding industry in Nigeria, the Federal Government, through an Act of Parliament No 16...

Behind the Cloak of Secure Ancourage Area (SAA)

On October 5th, 2020, Nigeria recorded an embarrassing incident when seven of its nationals were arrested as stowaways on board a Liberian-flagged vessel, MT Nave...

ICDs and struggle for survival

In 2002, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council mooted the idea of establishing Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in different parts of the country. ...

#ENDSARS Protests: The hard but effective way to speak to leaders

Protest, which is a form of civil disobedience, is always the last resort used all over the world, to force the hands of government,...

Lack of Holding Bays: Who Will Tame Foreign Shipping Companies In Nigeria?

The foreign shipping companies in Nigeria operate with unbridled impunity. They behave like tin gods who seem to be above the laws. They treat the...

Strangulating legitimate trade through unending border closure

This week makes it one year and two months since Nigerian government shut its border posts in the four geo-political zones of the country on...

Nigerian Maritime Industry: A Clay-Legged Giant at 60.

Like a clay-legged giant that could crumble at the slightest push, the maritime industry has been wombling and fumbling through a web of challenges that...

Rescuing Nigeria’s fishing industry from throes of death.

The Nigerian fishing industry used to be one of the main contributors to the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the tune of 9.5 percent...

The Sale of Nigeria Customs to Highest Bidders

Penultimate week, the Federal Executives Council (FEC) approved the concession of the modernisation process of the Nigeria Customs Service. The project, worth the sum of...

Nigerian Seafarers as Endangered Species

Seafarers world over are essential workers in the shipping industry who ensure that the supply chains of goods and services are not...

Peak Season Surcharge: Paying the penalty for Import-Dependent Economy

Last week, the Nigerian Shippers' Council rallied the Organised Private Sector to protest the Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) slammed on Nigeria and other countries in...

24-Hour Operations: How feasible at Nigerian Ports?

Last week Tuesday, August 11th, 2020, Heads of Maritime Agencies under the Ministry of Transportation, tickled the port community with the assurance of working...

Saving Nigerian Exports from Apapa Gridlock

The Buhari administration, on assumption of office in 2015,made conscious efforts to reduce Nigeria's dependence on oil which accounts for a huge...

ANLCA/NAGAFF Enforcement Teams: Collapse of Regulatory Environment In Maritime Industry

In February, 2020, the National Association of Government Approval Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) inaugurated a compliance team meant to expose corruption among the service providers. The...

The Need To Sanitise Dock Labour At Nigerian Ports.

One of the challenges of pre-concession period at the Nigerian ports was the issue of container pilfering or broaching. The problem was so endemic that...

The Impropriety of Unending Border Closure.

This week, it will be one month shy of one year since the Federal government slammed our borders shut against our neighbours.. And there...