The National Industrial Court has stopped the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) and the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) from embarking on or continuing any industrial action against INTELS Nigeria Limited. The presiding Justice Faustina Iyabode Kola-Olalere gave the order of interim injunction […]
Shippers’ Council pushes for demurrage suspension over gridlock
Managing Director, Ports and Cargo Handling Services Ltd, John Jenkins (left), Lagos Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission, Olusegun Ogungbemide, and Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello (right), during the port access road inspection Reprieve is on the way for shippers as the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) said it […]
16 months after, Buhari reopens Seme, other land borders
Some of the buses and travellers stranded at the Seme border post following the sudden and unannounced closure Sixteen months after shutting its land borders to stem the influx of unauthorised goods and curb the rising insecurity by cutting off arms smuggling, the Federal Government has reopened the Seme land […]
Customs intercepts 73 guns, 891 cartridges in rice truck in Kebbi
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted in Kebbi State 73 locally manufactured guns and 891 cartridges concealed in sacks in a truckload of locally produced rice. Three suspects were immediately arrested over the items and are being detained while preliminary investigations […]
#EndSARS Arson: ENL lifts NPA with computers, printers, others
Vice Chairman/CEO, Princess Vicky Haastrup (right), handing over the office items donated by ENL Consortium to the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Onari Brown, at the NPA headquarters in Marina, Lagos…Tuesday Sequel to the recent attack on the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) headquarters in Lagos by […]
P&CHS rejects blame for cargo evacuation glitches, tasks FG on port access roads
Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello (left), and the Managing Director, P&CHS, Mr. John Jenkins, during the port economic regulator’s courtesy visit to the terminal operator in Lagos…Tuesday Against the allegation that its operational inefficiencies delay cargo evacuation from its terminal via barges, Port & Cargo Handling Services (P&CHS) […]
Ships & Ports CEO, Akinola, bags PhD
Vice Chancellor, Pan-Atlantic University (PAU), Prof. Juan Elegido (left), Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Governing Council, Henry Odein Ajumogobia (SAN), and Dr. Bolaji Akinola during the conferment of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Media and Communication on him at the PAU 17th convocation ceremony in Lagos…Thursday Maritime and corporate communication expert, […]
Gowon, others search for sustainable transport solutions as CIoTA summit opens Tuesday
CIoTA National President/Chairman of Council, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, flanked by the Deputy National President, Darlington Ofor (left), and Chairman, Planning Committee, Emmanuel Nwagbara (right), during the press conference in Lagos ahead the 2nd National Transport Summit in Abuja Industry stakeholders and experts from all relevant sectors will be brainstorming on […]
MAN laments loss of exports, AfCTFA competitive edge as border closure persists
Nigeria has lost huge export earnings, prospects and competitive advantage in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to the worsening logistics hiccups from the continued closure of its land borders, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) said. Though MAN commended the purpose of the closure, it condemned its unnecessary […]
NIMASA tackles maritime industry knowledge-gap with e-library
NIMASA Director-General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh (left), Head, Library, Aisha Askira, and Executive Director, Operations, Shehu Ahmed, during the opening of the NIMASA Knowledge Centre and e-Library at the Nigerian Maritime Resource Development Centre in Lagos Poised to enhance the maritime industry’s knowledge capacity through research-based initiatives to position it for […]