The Head of Ports Operations, Dangote Group, Mr Yakubu Abdullahi said that the organisation spent N1 billion to repair the road leading to Apapa Port. Abdullahi disclosed this in an interview on Saturday in Lagos. He said as a major player in the maritime sector, the company had so far spent N1 billion to make the road accessible to the […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday said products standards control is the responsibility of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), not the NCS. The Acting Public Relations Officer, NCS, Mr Joseph Attah, made the clarification while reacting to the recent seizure of substandard tyres by SON in Lagos. He told journalists in Abuja that the function of customs was to […]
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As the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, kick-starts implementation of the Minimum Safety Standard for Trucks in Nigeria today, FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has disclosed that over 1,000 people have so far lost their lives between December 2016 and January 2017 as a result of auto crashes caused by tanker drivers. He also said that about 308 auto […]
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The Federal Government is currently working towards streamlining the number of agencies operating in the nation’s ports to only six from about eight. This is part of the decisions reached at an expanded meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council presided over by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. According to a […]
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In its determination to provide safe road environment for its customers, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has signed a Memoriam of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on the enforcement of Minimum Standard of Safety and Road Worthiness (MSSRW) for trucks that operate from and to the ports. Speaking at the signing ceremony held at the Ports […]
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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says his administration is committed to restoring the glory of the Apapa area, adding that ongoing works in the area will permanently solve the traffic congestion created by port activities. Ambode spoke on Wednesday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, during a visit of the management team of the Nigeria Ports Authority, led by its […]
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Groaning under intense hardship imposed by poor government policies and global economic crunch, over 20 shipping firms have exited the nation’s shores. This is coming as Dockworkers Union of Nigeria (DUN) lamented that over 3,000 workers have already been laid off by various shipping companies, terminal operators and logistic companies, owing to lack of financing and poor import policies of […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, at the weekend promised federal government’s assistance to the private sector investors through the removal of bottlenecks for rapid development of dry ports in the country. He made the disclosure in his office in Abuja, during a meeting with the concessionaires of the dry ports in the six geopolitical zones who came to […]
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ENL Consortium, operator of Terminals C and D of the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, has renounced dockworkers who on Monday staged a protest at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Headquarters in Marina, Lagos. Legal Adviser of ENL Consortium, Uzamot Boye in a statement stressed that at the time of the protest, its staff were all at their duty posts inside […]
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The General Manager of NPA Western Ports, Chief Michael Ajayi in a recent interview with Ships & Ports Daily said that no fewer than 9,258 trucks have passed the minimum standards test of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and have been certified to participate in moving goods in and out of the seaports in Lagos.
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The Coalition of Port Dry Cargo Transport Operators (CPDTO) has opposed the ten N10,000.00 electronic sticker levy introduced by the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA). Speaking with journalists during a solidarity protest at the port entrance gate at Lagos Ports Complex, the Executive Secretary of National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Aloga Ogbogo said the N10,000.00 levy is unacceptable. Appealing […]
Continue reading »The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has certified not less than 1,500 trucks as part of measures to enforce minimum standards for operators at Lagos seaports According to NPA, the development is expected to bring sanity to the movement of goods within and around the ports. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and […]
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