CMA CGM applies new overweight surcharge on Nigeria's trade from Asia

CMA CGM applies new overweight surcharge on Nigeria’s trade from Asia

L-R: Philip Jego, legal officer, Nigerian Shippers Council; Nneka Obianyor, secretary, NMLA and registrar of ships, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); Funke Agbor, president of NMLA and partner, Dentons ACAS Law; Anne Fenech, president of CMI and partner, Fenech & Fench, Malta; Seyi Adejuyigbe, financial secretary, NMLA and partner, Olatunde Adejuyigbe & Co., and Adedoyin Afun, publicity secretary, NMLA and partner, Bloomfield LP when members of the Nigerian Maritime Law Association met with the new president of the Comite Maritime International (CMI) at the just concluded CMI annual conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

CMA CGM, a French container carrier, said it will implement a new overweight surcharge (OWS) on dry cargo from Asia and Indian east coast ports to the port of Apapa in Nigeria. According to the French carrier, importers bringing goods from North East Asia, South East Asia, China, Hong Kong SAR an

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