Transport Business

Ship-owners to raise investments, tackle ship acquisition financing, low capacity

By Samson Echenim   The need to raise investment in the indigenous shipping industry, through improved financing and means to…

Union of African Shippers Council, Global Shippers Forum meet in Abuja, tackle multiple surcharges by shipping lines

Nigerian importers paid N67.4bn surcharges to shipping lines in 2017, says Nigeria Shippers Council Samson Echenim in Abuja The Union…

Shippers’ Council, CBN save importers N2bn in 3 months, says Bello

By Samson Echenim in Abuja A collaboration between the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria saved…

Nigerian Shippers’ Council’s sub-regional summit to address high cost of importation, exportation

By Samson Echenim Nigeria's port economic regulator, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), says it has concluded plans to host a…

Shipowners, manning agents, seafarer sign operational deal

By Samson Echenim Shipowners, manning agents and seafarers have signed a collective bargain agreement (CBA), an operational deal that spells…

NPA, port operators need to obey rules of engagement

The concession of Nigerian seaports to the private sector in 2006, howbeit now historic, cannot be said to have been…