Shippers’ Council Mourns Former Executive Secretary, Capt Biu
Gloom was cast over the headquarters of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, (NSC), Apapa when the news of the demise of Capt Biu filtered in Capt Biu was the third and immediate past Executive Secretary/CEO of NSC and served two terms from…
Shippers’ Council boss, Bello canvasses total port digitisation
Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, has once again, called for full digitisation of Nigeria seaports, insisting that the reform will ensure efficiency, competitiveness and reduce corruption at Seaports.COVID-19 Speaking in Lagos on Monday during a courtesy visit…
Maritime stakeholders’, FG seek better SOP for clearing charitable cargoes at ports
Rising from a one-day workshop on ‘Stakeholders’ Consultation on Ease of Shipping and Clearing of Charitable Items into Nigeria’, participants have called for an error-free Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to avoid either security lapses or undue delays that give rise…
NSC hands over 10 hectares of land to Tin-Smelting plant in Jos
As part of ongoing drive to deepen diversification of the economy by promoting non-oil sector, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has sealed an agreement for the transfer of over 10 hectares of land behind Heipang Jos Inland Container Depot, Jos,…
NSC, SON step up partnership to drive trade facilitation in Nigerian ports
The management of Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Thursday in Lagos sealed an understanding to collaborate with other sister agencies to drive trade facilitation at Nigerian ports. In his keynote address at a one-day enlightenment…
Nigeria in need of robust logistics sector to galvanize economy—Bello
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello has drawn fresh roadmap towards economic sustainable diversification in Nigeria. Speaking during recent as a Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), averred that until we get logistics sub-sector…
FG rejects war-risk tag on Nigerian waters as shippers hike freight rate
Anxiety has engulfed the planned development of Nigeria shipping industry following the recent international tag on Nigerian waters as war-risk by global shipping documentary group. The tag is not unconnected with incessant pirate attacks on ships calling on Nigerian ports…
NSC warns NPA over veiled, private review of port terminal concessions, seeks role
Strong indications have emerged that the planned review of port concessions by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) without recourse other maritime agencies especially the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) may not work after all. Speaking to select newsmen on the sidelines…
Emerging NTC to collapse all transport agencies, drive intermodalism
More details have emerged on the constitution of the National Transport Commission (NTC) whose bill is currently awaiting presidential assent. Though the federal government through the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi has announced that the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) will…
Kebbi pockets N150bn from rice backward integration partnership, Lagos mute
Three days after the Kebbi State government has revealed that it smiled to bank after earning a whooping N150bn from the sale of its locally cultivated rice; the Lagos State government who sealed the successful partnership with the state is…
