Editor's Pick The ICD project: Long walk to reality In 2002, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council mooted the idea of establishing Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in different parts of the country. The idea ... By maritimemagJuly 2, 20180
Editor's Pick Crisis hits Apapa traffic call up system – as truckers threaten to shut ports over extortions by govt. officials Funso Olojo | The government officials of Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA )and Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA), managing ... By maritimemagJune 30, 20180
Cover Aggrieved users of SIFAX terminal may press for refund over royalty charges – Shippers’Council Funso Olojo | Any importer or his agent who paid the controversial Royalty Charge before it ... By maritimemagJune 27, 20180
Cover Shippers’ Council threatens to shut APMT over illegal charges Funso Olojo | The Nigerian Shippers ‘Council has threatened to seal up the APM Terminals, Apapa ... By maritimemagJune 27, 20180
Editor's Pick Proposed Border Closure: Symptomatic treatment for rice smuggling Recently, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said the Federal Government will soon close Nigeria’s border with an unnamed ... By maritimemagJune 25, 20180
Editor's Pick Royalty charges: the impunity of terminal operators Sifax Group, the operator of terminal “C” at the Tin Can island port, ruffled not a few feathers last month when it slammed ... By maritimemagJune 19, 20180
Editor's Pick Counterfeiting is a crime against humanity – Desmond Adeola Desmond Adeola is at the vanguard of war against counterfeiting, a global phenomenon that is ravaging human kind. But in Nigeria, Adeola, the ... By maritimemagJune 19, 20180
Editor's Pick Challenges of ease of doing business initiative – VP Osinbajo BIOLA Seun | Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice-President and Chairman of the Presidential Environmental Business Enabling Council (PEBEC), has ... By maritimemagJune 18, 20180
Cover Exclusive: Ports and Cargo buckles under Shippers’ pressure – rescinds controversial royalty charge. Funso Olojo | Customers, they say, are kings . This situation applies to the Ports and Cargo ... By maritimemagJune 16, 20180
Editor's Pick Counterfeiting : Global scourge that Nigeria needs to fight Counterfeiting, in whatever form, is a global problem. It is a scourge which has the potent ability to destroy both the people and ... By maritimemagJune 11, 20180
Cover Attacks on Vessels at Berth – Need to review our security Architecture In recent times, vessels anchored at the nation’s seaports, especially the Lagos ports, have come under blistering attacks from hoodlums who are basically ... By maritimemagJune 7, 20180
Cover NRC will connect all dryports to rail when completed – MD Engineer Fidet Okhiria is a qualified electrical engineer with significant records of achievement in the field of electrical/mechanical, signalling, telecommunication, ICT, installation, maintenance ... By maritimemagJune 6, 20180
Cover ANLCA Divided Over Farinto’s Statement on Ease of Doing Business at Port – as stakeholders accuse group of blackmail Funso Olojo I There seems to be a visible crack in the National Executive Council of Association ... By maritimemagJune 2, 20180
Cover PIL, Asian giant, dumps National Shipping Line project —says venture not competitive The desire of the Federal Government to float a national carrier suffered a set back when a ... By maritimemagJune 1, 20180
Editor's Pick EXCLUSIVE: Shippers threaten mass boycott of Ports and Cargo terminal over arbitrary charges Tayo OLADIPUPO I Importers and their agents using the Ports and Cargo terminal at the Tin Can ports have threatened ... By maritimemagMay 26, 20180
Editor's Pick Approved Government Agencies in Ports: Paying Lip Service to Ease of Doing Business Recently, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), released the list of eight agencies approved by government to operate at the port. The list, which was ... By maritimemagMay 24, 20180
