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April 18, 2021 No Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: The Terminal Manager/Chief Operating Officer, APMT, Steen Knuos, Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, the Country Manager, APMT, Klaus Holm Laursen during an inspection of APM Terminal with special focus on the relocation of Scanner for...

April 17, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Insists On Full Digitalisation At Seaports

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello, on Friday disclosed that the ports in the country had attained 70 per cent digitalisation. Bello made this known at a news conference on the first quarter activities of the...

April 6, 2021 No Responses

APM Terminals Apapa Acquires Seven New Forklifts

APM Terminals, Apapa, has acquired seven new forklifts to facilitate customs examination and improve on movement of heavy materials at the terminal. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Nigeria’s leading container terminal operator, Apapa, Mr...

April 1, 2021 No Responses

Apapa Gridlock: Why Everyone Should Support ‘Eto’

By Niran Adedokun — Four weeks after the take off of Etó, the electronic truck call-up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA), it could be tempting to dismiss it as one of those futile ...

March 24, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Lauds NPA On E-Call -Up System, Seeks Stakeholders’ Patience

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council(NSC) has commended the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA) on the introduction of the electronic call- up system to ease the perennial gridlock on the Apapa ports access roads. This commendation is coming on th...

March 23, 2021 No Responses

NPA Strengthens e-Call Up System, Suspends Export Receipts At Lagos Ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has strengthened e-call up system and put in place other modalities designed to curtail people trying to circumvent the system. Meanwhile, the Authority on Monday announced the suspe...

March 19, 2021 No Responses

NPA, LASWA, NIMASA, NIWA Inspect Barge Operations

The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigeria Maritime Administration Safety Agency NIMASA and National Inland Waterways Authority NIWA on Thursday, embarked on joint inspection and enforceme...

March 18, 2021 No Responses

More Freight Wagons Depart Lagos Ports For Kaduna, Ibadan, Minna

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Wednesday re-opened freight wagon operations from Lagos ports to other parts of the country. Reiterating resolve of the Corporation to sustain the service , the District Manager, Nigerian Railway Corp...

March 14, 2021 No Responses

Terminal Operators Renew Call For Relocation Of Tank Farms

The existence of Petroleum Tank Farms within Apapa area of Lagos State is the beginning of traffic woes within the metropolis, Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Hastrup, reiterated at the we...

March 13, 2021 No Responses

NPA Designates Truck Parks, Lauds E-Call-Up System

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday described the introduction of the E-Call-up system as a success, two weeks into its introduction. A statement issued by the NPA Assistant G...

March 7, 2021 No Responses

NPA Boosts Consolidated Revenue Account With N151b

Between 2017 and 2020, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), contributed not less than N151billion to the Consolidated Revenue Account (CRA). Speaking at an interactive session with Newspaper Editors, Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman explained t...

March 4, 2021 No Responses

NPA Receives 18 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Expects 13 Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday said 18 ships were discharging bulk wheat, fertiliser, bulk gypsum, general cargo, frozen fish, bulk clinker, container, petrol and automobile gasoline. The NPA also said it was expecting 13 others laden wi...

February 26, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Partners NPA, Customs, Others On Vessel Inspection

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and other government agencies on Thursday disclosed the need to jointly collaborate to inspect vessels. The other government agencies include Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigerian I...

February 25, 2021 No Responses

Seaport Deploys Drones To Maintain Safety

Port of Antwerp is deploying an autonomous drone for the first time to maintain safety at the port’s critical infrastructure. The fully-independent drone will test various use cases in the field of inspection and control, the goal being to establish...