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November 3, 2020 No Responses

SIFAX Group Subsidiaries Get ISO Quality Certification

Three of SIFAX Group’s subsidiaries- Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, SIFAX Shipping Company Limited and SIFAX Nigeria Limited all bagged the ISO 9001:2015 certificates. The award presentation ceremony was held at SIFAX Group’s head office at Apapa, Lagos Three...

November 1, 2020 No Responses

NPA Boss Pledges Uninterupted Operations, Recounts Attack On Facilities

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman on Sunday gave a vivid account of how about 300 unkown hoodlums attacked its 26/28 Marina Road, Lagos, Corporate Headq...

October 28, 2020 No Responses

NSC Photo News

L-R: Chief Catejan Agu, Director, Consumer Affairs, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary/CEO Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Cran Sipe, Operational Manager, Tic-Can Island Container Terminal and Ms. Ifeoma Ezedinma, Director, Reg...

October 27, 2020 No Responses

Shippers Council Seeks Removal Of Demurrage On Cargoes

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) calling for the removal of demurrage on cargoes due to last week’s disruption. Head of Public Relations, NSC, Mrs Rakiya Zubairu, explained on Monday that it was one of the ways to alleviate t...

October 27, 2020 No Responses

FG Pledges Support For SIFAX Group’s New Container Terminal

The Federal Government has promised to support the vision of the newly-opened terminal in Lagos by SIFAX Group. SIFAX Container Terminal located at Ijora, Lagos was established to address the challenge of traffic congestion around the Lagos ports. Its va...

October 10, 2020 No Responses

Customs Generates N13.11b From Onne Seaport In September

For the month of September, 2020, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers State generated over N13.11 billion. A statement issued on Friday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Ifeoma Ojekwu quoted the Controller...

September 16, 2020 No Responses

NPA Receives 21 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Wheat, Frozen Food, Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday disclosed that 21 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging petroleum products and foodstuff. NPA in its `Shipping Position’ identified contents of the ship as general cargo, containers, bulk wheat, petrol, froze...

September 10, 2020 No Responses

Anxiety As 300,000 Seafarers Are Stuck At Sea

Some seafarers have now been on board their ships for more than 17 months, exceeding the 11-months limit set out in the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), IMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim has said. The IMO boss has also urg...

September 8, 2020 No Responses

CMA CGM Declares $7b Revenue In Q2

For the second quarter of 2020, French container shipping major, CMA CGM improved profitability in all its business activities despite challenges related to COVID-19. The company posted a net income of $136 million in Q2 2020, up sharply compared with...

September 5, 2020 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Seeks Support For Abuja Children’s Home

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has urged stakeholders and well meaning Nigerians to support the effective operation of Abuja Children’s Home. Executive Secretary of the council, Hassan Bello, made the quest while presenting some items t...

September 1, 2020 No Responses

Maersk Line Suspends Peak Season Surcharge

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Monday disclosed that MAERSK Line had instructed its commercial department to stop applying the peak season surcharge from September 1, 2020. Head of Public Relations, NSC, Rakiya Zubairu, in a statement on Monda...

August 27, 2020 No Responses

APM Terminals, Firm Seal €400m Container Terminal Deal

A consortium between Bolloré and APM Terminals has signed contracts with the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the construction of Abidjan’s second container terminal, known as Côte d’Ivoire Terminal (CIT).CIT is scheduled to be operational at...

August 11, 2020 No Responses

CMA CGM Acquires 50 Per Cent Stake In Container Terminal

South Korean shipping major, HMM has signed a sales and purchase agreement with French counterpart, CMA CGM for the sale of its 50 per cent stake minus one share in Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTI Algeciras), a container terminal in...

August 8, 2020 No Responses

Port Officials Detained As Beirut Explosion Investigation Resumes

Lebanese authorities detained 16 Beirut port staff members while over a dozen other workers have been questioned as part of an investigation into the deadly blast that rocked Lebanon’s capital on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The investigat...