Nigerian Ports AuthorityStakeholders in the maritime industry have lamented that some individuals are taking advantage of the crisis rocking the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to further destroy the e-call up the system and worsen the state of the ports.
The stakeholders, who spoke to The Guardian, said extortionists at the port corridors have stepped up their game to exploit the truckers while the NPA management is facing a crisis. x
The Deputy National President, Air Logistics, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Segun Musa, said the involvement of security operatives has always been an issue to the e-call up system.
Apapa traffic costs Nigeria N140bn weekly economic loss Experts
Experts in the Maritime industry have said that Nigeria could save the N140 billion weekly economic losses and another $10 billion import/export products wasted annually if the stifling traffic is curtailed.
Also, they recommended that the government should revive pipeline transportation; diversify transportation system; reclaim some lands; among others as some solutions to curbing traffic gridlock hampering business activities and crippling the economy
The experts said these during a two day Maritime Summit organized by Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria, MAJAN with the theme: “Apapa Perennial Traffic Gridlock: Has It Defied All Solutions.”
By Providence Adeyinka
Experts in the Maritime industry have said that Nigeria could save the N140 billion weekly economic losses and another $10 billion import/export products wasted annually if the stifling traffic is curtailed.
Also, they recommended that the government should revive pipeline transportation; diversify transportation system; reclaim some lands; among others as some solutions to curbing traffic gridlock hampering business activities and crippling the economy.
The experts said these during a two day Maritime Summit organized by Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria, MAJAN with the theme: “Apapa Perennial Traffic Gridlock: Has It Defied All Solutions.”
The experts who are maritime stakeholders included: Francis Omotosho, Registrar, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF Academy; Pius Okonu, Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA; Former National President of the National Association of Government Approved Fr
[FILES] reight shipping containers at the docks; Shutterstock IDThe National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has called on the board of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to restore the Ikorodu terminal/government warehouse as expired overtime cargoes litter the facility.
The freight forwarders expressed worry that the expired and decomposed goods currently littering the facility are constituting both environmental and health hazards to officers and men of the service, as well as members of the community in general. x
The National Publicity Secretary, NAGAFF, Stanley Ezenga, in a statement issued in Lagos at the weekend, said the association was unhappy with the development, pointing out that life-threatening reptiles had occupied the place.
Train to deliver 500 containers daily
The long-awaited standard gauge expected to provide the needed alternative to the movement of cargo on the road to solve the persistent gridlock around the Apapa seaports will kick off operation before the end of this quarter.
The rail is expected to aid the evacuation of cargoes from the ports, facilitate export, reduce gridlock on port access roads and curb the huge revenue losses to the bottlenecks at the ports.
The project, which is being executed by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) and AMP Terminals, is designed to run alongside the existing narrow gauge from the Apapa Seaport to the NRC terminal at Yaba.