Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali has inaugurated a committee tasked with the distribution of relief materials to Internally…
Author: Ships & Ports
US Congress passes Customs bill streamlining import duties
U.S. lawmakers in the Senate has passed a US Customs and Border Protection bill that will…
Drones will forever change how pirates operate on the high seas
Criminals at sea are already going high tech, using GPS and bootleg submarines to plan attacks…
Ports prepare for mandatory weighing of containers
Felixstowe in the UK has become the latest port to confirm that it will offer a…
ILO group slams Australia for undermining cabotage
The Seafarers’ Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO) has strongly criticised the Conservative Australian Government…
Baltic dry index logs first gain of 2016
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose…
Smuggling cripples indigenous rice production
Rice Smuggling has reached frightening levels, with hundreds of trailers ferrying tonnes of the staple food…
What do you think can be done to curtail corrupt practices at the ports?
Corruption is systemic, endemic and entrenched in our system and one of the ways to…
Will you like to work in the shipping sector?
In this edition of Layman Page, Lydia Ojarikre went to town to ask average Nigerians what…
The thief, the rich and the public service rot
Written By Bolaji Akinola When I think of the downtrodden who labour day in day out…
Why Government must revive textile industry
Nigerians love naturally dyed fabrics especially those with patterns and designs with many prints based on…
NPA certifies 1,500 trucks so far for port operation
In its determination to enforce implementation of minimum standard of trucks operating at the ports, the…