Friday, May 17th, 2013
By Andrew Airahuobhor The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and Global Scansystems Limited, one of the service providers in the destination inspection scheme may have begun a war of words in a bid to outwit each other as the expiration of the six-month extension of the...
Friday, May 17th, 2013
By Andrew Airahuobhor As Nigeria makes moves to change the terms of trade for Nigeria’s crude oil carriage from Free On Board (FOB) to Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF), a renowned maritime educator, and Registrar of Certified Institute of Shipping (CIS), Dr. Alex Okwuashi has...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
The Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) is unhappy with the cumbersome process of implementing the Public Procurement Act, saying it impedes the achievement of an efficient port as speedy infrastructure development in the nation’s ports cannot be guaranteed. The Procurement Act was enacted under the administration...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
By Andrew Airahuobhor Correspondent Revenue leakages in the system, duty waivers and concessions granted by the Federal Government now pose serious threat to achievement of the N1. 4 trillion revenue target set for the Nigeria Customs Service for the 2013 fiscal year. The service admitted existence...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
The recent alleged forceful retirement of some directors of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is currently stirring a storm that shows no sign of abating, following the reported plan by The Senate probe the agency’s Director General, Patrick Akpobolokemi, over the controversial...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
As the battle for running the Destination Inspection (DI) scheme rages, The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) hopes to take over the scheme from July 1, 2013, and then issue the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) a critical component of cargo clearance, in six hours. The Federal...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
Achieving 24 hours operations at the nations ports has remained elusive more than two years after Federal Government announced the commencement because infrastructure, particularly communication equipment and power supply, has remained epileptic, a situation that has scared many ships to stay up to 100 nautical...
Friday, April 19th, 2013
Stories By Andrew Airahuobhor Correspondent Governments of both Nigeria and the United States of America may be working out a modality for tackling maritime terrorism which focuses on raising level of security at seaports in the country. This is geared towards ensuring a safe...
Friday, April 19th, 2013
The Federal Government is worried. Its worry stems from the new dimension to the issue of abandoned ships and other derelicts on the nation’s waters, which now serve as a safe haven for pirates and armed robbers. It is believed that most pirates now use...
Friday, April 19th, 2013
Maritime expert and President of Eyis Resources, Lucky Amiwero has called on the Federal government to urgently constitute an economic/commercial regulator that will monitor the competiveness, tariff dispute and resolution in the sector. He also called for an urgent consideration of possibility to reduce the...
Friday, April 12th, 2013
When the Nigerian Mritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Act was enacted in 2007, following the merger of the National Maritime Authority (NMA) and the Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council (JOMALIC), with a core mandate to develop shipping and shipping infrastructure. Over the years however,...
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Stories By Andrew Airahuobhor Correspondent The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has pledged its full support for the corruption risk assessment study of the nation’s ports, by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), in conjunction with local and international partners. The committee, with members drawn...
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Customs Area Controller, Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (CAC), Comptroller Abdu Saleh Othman recently disowned the myriads of checkpoints manned by Customs officers along the Seme/Badagry axis. But said only three checkpoints, namely Tarmac at Seme Border Station, as well as along...
Friday, April 5th, 2013
By Andrew Airahuobhor As maritime stakeholders’ advocates for an appropriate legislation to streamline the number of security agencies at the nation’s seaports, more of them are struggling to pitch their tent, and consequently compound the already saturated port environment. In the last few months, three...
Friday, April 5th, 2013
The Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria has launched the second and third editions of its lecture series with the theme Empowerment of Women in the Maritime Industry. The books were launched penultimate Thursday at Ikoyi Lagos. The WISTA Lecture Series Volume 2,...
