To tame incessant demurrage disputes, NSC working on MoU with shipping firms
End to intractable trade disputes hobbling shipping companies on issues of container deposit regime and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) may soon be a thing of the past. This is coming on the basis of a new Memorandum of Understanding…
20 coaches for operations at Kaduna Inland Dry Port expected from NRC next month
More than two months after President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned Kaduna Inland Dry Port, activities had remained stagnant due to lack of train coaches. But relief is underway as the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has revealed the Council is waiting for…
New board of NSC to work with management to achieve growth in maritime industry
The newly inaugurated board of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), has assured of seamless collaboration with the executive management of the Council to strike the targets of the Council at all times. Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council…
To tame insecurity, delays at ports, shippers must send manifest ahead of berthing
To ensure that risk management is profiled and separated on time before the ship’s arrival, the Federal Government has directed shipping companies to give their cargo manifest to the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) seven…
NSC boss, Bello in Benin, seeks stakeholders’ drive in IDPs, TTP schemes
The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, has once again, reiterated Federal Government’s resolve in prioritizing the actualisation of Inland Dry Port (IDP) and Truck Transit Park (TTP) projects across strategic states in Nigeria including Edo State….
NIMASA DG, Peterside confusing issues in maritime dev with comments
A clear indication of creating industry confusion and targeted deconstruction of issues in Maritime development are emerging when comments and body languages of the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, are put…
Shippers’ Council mocks NPA, other agencies, gives award to INTELS
At a time about four Federal Government agencies are tactically working on INTELS Nigeria Limited, a logistics firm linked to former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar, to do the needful while carrying out its business, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), has…
Ease of doing business worst in shipping industry—Shippers’ group
…Rejects moving cargoes to Ogun State truck park Contrary to claims by all most all maritime agency of the government that they are providing ease of doing business at ports, the Shippers’ Association Lagos State (SALS) on Tuesday said the…
Shippers’ Council lists 9 locations for TTP, shops for investors
The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello has listed first set of nine spots for the development of Truck Transit Parks (TTP) across the country, saying the scheme will among other things deliver sanity on the…
Why Shippers’ Council, FRSC can’t clear trucks from highways
Barely few days after the duo of Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will ensure the immediate removal of trucks, tankers and trailers from all highways across the…
