NSC Shipping Bill Passes Second House Of Reps Reading The 2023 Nigerian Shipping and Port Economic Agency Bill has passed its Second Reading at the House of Representatives. Contained in a statement by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, the Bill seeks to repeal the Nigerian Shippers’ Council...

Extortion At Nation’s Ports Cost Shipping Liners N3trn Yearly   The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers Council, Emmanuel Jime, yesterday said various agencies operating at the Nation’s seaports extort over N3 trillion from shipping liners coming to do business in Nigeria...

In Five Months, Shipping Council Saves N900.81m From Dispute Resolution   The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Emmanuel Jime, has said the council saved N900.81m from 82 resolved disputes between shipping companies and shippers or freight forwarders in five months. He...

Customs May Generate N500bn From Overtime Cargoes Auction             The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) may rake in over N500 billion from over 8,000 overtime cargoes that are trapped at the port where the cargoes and the auctioning are subjected to due diligence. Sources at the Nigerian Shippers...

Reps Summon Accountant-general, Customs Over Shippers’ Council Revenue       The House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance has invited the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, the Nigeria Customs Service and the Budget Office of the Federation to appear on Monday and explain issues surrounding the...

Shippers Council Targets 80% Automation By June       The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) says it hopes to achieve 80 per cent automation of the entire seaport processes on or before the end of the first half of the year. The nation’s seaport economic regulator also vowed to...