Tag: Seaport
NPA MD Leads Talks To Stave Off Planned Truckers Strike
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, on Monday, 9th September, 2024,in a proactive move calculated to stop impending national economic shut down, staved off the planned strike action by the Consortium of Trucking Unions...
NPA MD Pledges Improved Staff Development, Higher Productivity, Revenue
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has reaffirmed his commitment to staff development as part of measures to boost productivity and revenue generation.Dr. Dantsoho gave this assurance when he received the leaders of t...
Nigeria, Belgium Strengthen Bilateral Ties On Port Efficiency, Growth
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Kingdom of Belgium have expressed readiness to deepen bilateral ties in other to increase efficiency of the nation’s seaports and record growth in trade volumes between the two countries.Speaking after receiving...
NDLEA Intercepts N2.2b Codeine Bottles At Seaport
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 1,596 cartons of codeine-based syrup containing 319,200 bottles of the opioid worth N2.2 billion in street value. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy,...
Oyetola Pledges Support For Bakassi Deep seaport
Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has assured the Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu that he would not allow bureaucracy slow down the actualisation of the Bakassi Deep seaport project.He gave the assurance on Wednesday.....
Lagos Postpones E-Call Up System For Lekki-Epe Corridor
The E-Call Up system on Lekki-Epe corridor, earlier scheduled to commence August 1, 2024, has been postponed by the lagos state government. The state government on Friday attributed the development to “stakeholders’ request to extend the timeliness to ...
New NPA MD Pledges Improved Revenue
The Newly appointed Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho has pledged to boost the Organisation’s revenue generation and Port efficiency.The Managing Director made the remarks during the handover cere...
ECU Partners SIFAX Shipping On Global Market Access
ECU Worldwide, Allcargo Logistics’ wholly-owned global subsidiary and a leader in LCL consolidation, has partnered with SIFAX Shipping Company Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, to introduce LCL consolidation services to exporters especially Small and ...
Firm Secures $2.67b Contract For 12 Containerships
South Korean shipbuilding giant, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has been awarded a contract to construct twelve containerships for an undisclosed shipowner. The order is split between HD KSOE’s two subsidiaries, HD Hyundai He...
Tinubu Appoints Dantsoho NPA MD
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The President has also approved the appointment of Senator Adedayo Adeyeye as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian...
Customs CG Tours Huawei HQ, Lantan Port In Shenzhen
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, on Thursday, 9 May 2024, led his team to the Headquarters of Huawei, a famous information and communications technology company in Shenzhen, China, where he discussed opportunities embedded...
Seaports Unveil Top Nine Priorities
In view of the upcoming EU elections in June, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) — which represents over 98% of the seaports of the European Union — has set its priorities for the next five years with a strong...
Shippers Council Registers 160 Port Operators
The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has enrolled 160 port stakeholders into its Regulated Port Service Provider and Users platform since the initiative began in 2023. The Executive Secretary of NSC, Mr Pius Akutah, made the disclosure to the News Agency....