Shipping and Logistics Blog in Nigeria
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said it has begun investigations of shipping companies over the high cost of shipping products to Nigeria. The Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Babatunde Irukera, who...
The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has barred importers and agents from clearing pharmaceutical products and overage used vehicles imported through the Tin Can Island Port Complex, findings by SHIPS...
A Maersk-operated containership lost around 90 containers in heavy weather this week during an eastbound voyage in the North Pacific Ocean, the company has confirmed. Some of the containers lost overboard contained dangerous goods...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday reiterated its rejection of the e-valuator and e-invoicing for import and export businesses in Nigeria. The electronic valuation and invoicing system was introduced by the Central Bank...
Director-General, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has welcomed a new project aimed at helping eight African countries operationalize the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Led by the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), the...
In keeping with the agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to diversify the national economy and reduce dependence on oil exports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday flagged off the first non-oil export...
Global ports in 2021 lost over a third of their expected capacity to ship containers, creating delays and disruption for shippers and economic harm to some smaller developing nations Lost capacity is a measure...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will seek to create a safe maritime corridor to enable merchant ships and their crews stuck in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to sail away without...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday said that the new scanners, which will be deployed at the seaports in the next few weeks, will be able to screen a 20ft container in 35...
The Nigerian Navy on Friday said it deployed 10 warships and two helicopters in a joint multinational maritime exercise comprising 31 other foreign navies. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, inaugurated...
Currently ranked 110 on the global logistics performance index, 116 on global port competitiveness, Nigeria’s over-dependence on Lagos ports has brought untold hardship on shippers, importers, and other key stakeholders. Currently, it takes an...
