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May 16, 2020 No Responses

Customs Generates N117.8b At Tin-Can Port

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Port Command, Lagos, generated N117.8 billion between January and April 2020, by deploying Time Release Study (TRS) tool to aid trade facilitation and revenue generation. The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Musa Abdullahi,...

May 8, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria‘s Seaport Revenue To Drop By 75 Per Cent in 2020

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — Due to the ongoing economic crisis generated by the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), Nigeria is to lose 75% of its Seaport revenue in 2020. Speaking on Thursday during an interactive session on Webinar ta...

May 7, 2020 No Responses

Seaport Secures $500m Loan

The Port of Long Beach has secured a $500 million loan from the U.S. Government to help finance a massive infrastructural project aimed at allowing larger ships to enter the port. “This $500 million federal investment reflects the President’s continued...

May 6, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds Cocaine At Seaport

Customs officers have found around 500 kilograms of cocaine on board a bulker that arrived in the Port of Hamburg. The large-scale operation, which lasted several days, ended with an arrest and confiscation of illicit drugs during. One of the...

April 28, 2020 No Responses

Seaport Authorities Vow To Sustain Trade

Twenty port authorities from different parts of the world on Monday signed a declaration calling for collaboration and sharing of best practices in ensuring port operations remain open to trade as part of the global efforts to fight the COVID-19...

April 24, 2020 No Responses

NPA Renews Engagement With Customs On Overtime Containers, Inagurates N33.6 b Cranes

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hormail.com — As the Seaports become more efficient, efforts must be made to enhance cargo delivery processes and free the ports of longstanding cargo, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usm...

April 19, 2020 No Responses

Seaport Welcomes Largest Boxship

The 19,200 TEU MSC Anna, owned by Mediterranean Shipping Company, has docked at the port’s Oakland International Container Terminal on the Oakland Estuary, claiming the title of the largest ship ever to call in Oakland. The massive ship can carry...

April 15, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Terminal Operators Donates N300m

Two Port Terminal Operators, APM Terminals Apapa and West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) Onne, have jointly committed more than N300 million to helping to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria. Mr Martin Jacob, the Managing Director ...

April 14, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Seaports Seek Financial Support To Overcome Economic Woes

European ports have managed to remain open and maintain their activities during the coronavirus crisis ensuring the delivery of essential goods. However, they have not been spared from a huge economic impact amid the drop in cargo and passenger volumes...

April 11, 2020 No Responses

Combating COVID-19 Hiccups At Seaports

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to climb both in Nigeria and across the globe, individuals, corporate organizations and strategic agencies such as the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) are taking steps to nav...

April 9, 2020 No Responses

NSC Boss: Seaports To Operate During Easter Holidays

Seaports would be opened during the public holidays and weekend from Good Friday April 10 through Easter Monday April 13, 2020, Speaking on Thursday, the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers‘ Council (NSC), Hassan Bell...

April 3, 2020 No Responses

NPA Boss Reviews COVID-19 Impact On Port Operations, Pledges Support For Sifax, Others

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, on Thursday disclosed that the Agency is collating the challenges confronting Terminal Operators due to the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-1...

March 20, 2020 No Responses

NPA: Our Charges Not Highest In West Africa

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Thursday reiterated that apart from towage dues, which were reviewed to cover the cost of providing the service in 2015, tariffs have remained the same since 1993. Accordin...

February 29, 2020 No Responses

Seaports Seek More Funds To Tackle Coronavirus

The British ports industry is requesting further support for port health authorities to prevent coronavirus spreading and impacting businesses. As the number of new confirmed cases of the Wuhan COVID-19 grows, particularly in mainland Europe, the British Ports...