The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is bolstering the national economy through trade facilitation, infrastructural development, and operational efficiencies. A fresh $60 million investment in green port initiatives by the President Bola Tinubu administration is set to transform port operations in the country by driving a renewed focus on local content development. Data from last year…
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has launched a new results-oriented strategic framework focused on accountability, digital integration, and stakeholder responsiveness. The Council’s Executive Secretary/CEO, Dr Pius Akutah, while unveiling the 2025–2029 plan at the Council’s Management System Retreat in Lagos yesterday, said the reforms reflect the Council’s obligation to match policy with action and ensure…
Fresh crisis looms in the nation’s maritime sector as dock workers unions including truck drivers are threatening to shut down the Lagos ports over alleged extortion by the state’s enforcement agencies. But while the unions have issued the warning, another key industry body, Council of Maritime Transport Unions and Associations (COMTUA), has dissociated itself from…
The Federal Government will begin the implementation of the International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) across the nation’s ports by the second quarter (Q2) of this year. The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Mr Pius Ukeyima Akutah revealed this in Ibadan, yesterday. Akutah spoke during the Five Year Strategic Management Retreat held with…
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has defended the N12.2 billion budget proposal of the ministry for 2025. The ministry is proposing N11,770,533,003 for the capital budget and N453,856,327 for overhead. The budget was defended at the National Assembly before the Joint Committee of the Senate on Marine Transport and House Committees…
