Maritime

Maritime

Vehicle smuggling through border stations rises on customs’ laxity, corruption

BusinessDay Aug 09, 2017

Eight months into the implementation of the Federal Government ban on importation of vehicles through the land border, the volume...

Maritime

Tin-Can Customs trains officers ahead of full implementation of NICIS

BusinessDay Aug 09, 2017

In preparation to the full automation of Customs processes through the implementation of the advanced Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System...

Maritime

NLNG’s $3m maritime training facility to curb capital flight

BusinessDay Aug 02, 2017

Determined to help government agencies, shipping firms and multinational oil companies save millions of dollars revenue in capital flight invested...

Maritime

Local content: Made-in-Nigeria dredging firm seeks govt support to create jobs

BusinessDay Aug 02, 2017

Nwakama Dredge Nigeria Limited, an indigenous owned dredging company that manufacture dredgers in-country, has called for the Federal Government support...

Maritime

INTELS has competitive advantage over other terminal operators- NPA boss

BusinessDay Jul 26, 2017

Hadiza Bala-Usman, managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has said that INTELS Nigeria Limited has competitive advantage over...

Maritime

Taiwo Afolabi Maritime Conference to focus on developing port infrastructure

BusinessDay Jul 26, 2017

Worried by high level of infrastructural decay around the nation’s port environment, the organisers of this year’s edition of Taiwo...

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Apapa gridlock: APM Terminals decries operational time loss, empathises with customers

BusinessDay Jul 26, 2017

APM Terminals, concessionaire of Apapa Container Terminal has raised alarm over the negative impact Apapa gridlock has on its operational...

Maritime

Executive Order: NIMASA commences 24-hour issuing of debit notes to reduce ship dwell time

BusinessDay Jul 24, 2017

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Sunday said it had commenced 24-hour turnaround time for analysing cargo manifests...

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Forex scarcity, poor infrastructure biggest challenge to efficient port operations - Travers

BusinessDay Jul 19, 2017

Scarcity of foreign exchange required by terminal operators to settle their annual dollar obligations to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)...

Maritime

Immigration promises to support LADOL’s job creation, local content drive

BusinessDay Jul 19, 2017

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has assured the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics base (LADOL) of an enabling operating environment to...

Maritime

Reps vow to halt N7trn loss to insecurity, leakages in maritime

BusinessDay Jul 17, 2017

Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday assured Nigerians of the House resolve to embark on holistic review of...

Maritime

Admiralty law crucial to maritime sector growth - Peterside

BusinessDay Jul 12, 2017

Director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, says because every aspect of shipping is governed...

Maritime

Freight forwarders call for proper declaration, examination of containers

BusinessDay Jul 12, 2017

Worried by the increasing rate of impounded cargoes in custody of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), freight forwarders under the...

Maritime

Stakeholders say automation of clearing procedure to reduce human traffic at ports

BusinessDay Jul 12, 2017

Stakeholders have identified automation of cargo clearing procedure as an effective means of reducing the volume of human traffic as...

Maritime

Apapa Gridlock: PTML Terminal moves cargo by barges to ease delivery

BusinessDay Jul 09, 2017

Relief has come the way of importers and Nigerian businesses using Ports & Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Lagos as the...