Transport Business

Shippers’ Council sets new haulage rates to standardise transport charges in Nigeria

Nigeria's seaport economic regulator, the Nigerian Shippers' Council has set new haulage rates for truckers from the country's seaports. The…

Making a case for more women in maritime businesses

Across the globe, cultural and legal inhibitions are keeping women off sea jobs. In this report, SAMSON ECHENIM writes on…

Nigerian govt woos oil companies for multibillion naira investment in national fleet

By Samson Echenim   As shippers council plans $500m dry port in Ibadan The Nigerian government is in talks with…

NCDMB disburses $160m from Nigerian Content Intervention Fund

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board on Monday revealed that it had so far disbursed $160m out of the…

Only foreign vessels responsible for freighting $9bn worth of Nigeria crude oil

In 2015, Nigeria lost $9 billion in crude oil freight to foreign vessels which lifted all of the country's production for that…

Nigeria’s cabotage trade grows by 32% as NIMASA calls for action to develop female seafarers 

Nigerian wholly owned ships and other vessels operating in the country's cabotage waters increased by 32 percent in 2018, the…