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…
CMA CGM to suspend peak season surcharge from October 1
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has disclosed that CMA CGM has agreed to suspend the application of the peak season surcharge on ships calling in Nigeria from 1st October 2020. The Nigerian Shippers’ Council stated that CMA CGM communicated the…
NSC commends Shipping Companies
Nigerian Shippers’ Council has commended the shipping companies for their cooperation in complying with the suspension of demurrage on cargoes that landed on terminals from March 30, 2020 up to May 3, 2020. This is a testament to their goodwill…
FRSC links regular truck accidents to lack of drivers’ rest
…Seeks early delivery of TTP on strategic locations on highways The leadership of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has linked incessant road accidents involving truck drivers to lack of regular rests before taking off or at intervals of at…
Nigeria missing in planned Africa Blue Economy Forum conference in Tunis
Nigerian maritime business stakeholders are yet to understand why upon the nation’s strategic position in Africa’s maritime industry; it has no speaker at the upcoming Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF) in Tunis on June 25-26. Business Hilights gathered that confirmed…
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…
Bello gives hope of early disbursement of CVFF, says committee is working on it
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello has once again disclosed that his agency is working with other strategic federal agencies to develop a framework for the emergence of the national carrier. Speaking recently during the…
FG slashes import, export documents at ports to boost ease of doing business, but…
The stagnation of business activities at the ports which has reached crescendo may soon begin to rise if recent directives by the Secretary of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, are implemented. However, investigations by Business…
MAN, Shippers’ Council plan roadmap for ease of doing business, flexible ports regulation
More federal agencies and private sector operators have realized the imports of synergy and effective partnership to drive ease of doing business and seamless service delivery. In the maritime sector, new partnership is in the air following the recent working…
Excitement at Shippers’ Council as House passes National Transport Commission bill
The recent passage of the National Transport Commission bill which will repeal and replace Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) Act by the House of Representatives has started to elicit reactions from stakeholders and top officials of the Council in Apapa, Lagos….
