One year after FG signaled plans to refloat national fleet, stakeholders begin to lose hope
Expectations of leading stakeholders in the flotation of a national shipping line to be driven by private sector investors seem to have started varnishing as the Ministry of Transportation has suddenly began to maintain sealed lips on the scheme since…
Shippers’ Council lists merits of Abia dry port to S/East businesses, industries
The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr Hassan Bello has said that the concept of dry port being driven by the agency will among other things help bring shipping to the door step of every Nigerian. Explaining more…
Maritime agencies going digital to grow ease of doing business at ports—Shippers’ Council
The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barrister Hassan Bello has disclosed that all agencies under the maritime division of the Ministry of Transportation are at various stages of completing the digitization of their systems….
Disquiet as Shippers’ Council realizes N5bn from targeted N14bn in 9 months
The recent apparent presentation of its scorecard in the last nine months by the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has begun to elicit reactions from maritime pundits. Analysts who reviewed the performance of the federal agency linked the not-so-good result to…