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Importers besiege shippers’ council with demurrage complaints

Nigerian Shippers’ Council has been inundated with complaints against shipping companies/agencies, seaport terminal operators and off-dock terminals on the arbitrary levy of container demurrage, storage and transfer charges on innocent consignees, for transportation of cargoes to off-dock terminals unilaterally initiated…

Distrust compels Customs to place all containers on red channel at ports—Olaosun

Leading maritime stakeholder and Chief Executive Officer of Hermonfield Limited, Tunji Olaosun has traced the surge in demurrage on imported containers to two key factors including lack of trust which compels almost every container to 100 per cent examination and…