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The crisis rocking the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has lasted for over four years with no end in sight. The latest was the intrigues that led to the outright eviction of the warring faction from office...
Are truck and tanker drivers and their owners bigger and more powerful than the federal and state governments? Why then is it difficult to tame them in order to ease movement in and out of Apapa? Asks Davidson Iriekpen For residents of Apapa and those who transact business in the area, the last two weeks have been horrendous. The traffic situation into the port city has been an abiding source of heartache and nightmare. Everyday of last week, they spent three to four hours to get to their destinations, which is very dangerous to their mental health. The usually one-lane access left for commut...
By Godfrey Bivbere STAKEHOLDERS in the maritime industry are advocating for the formation of a committee by all the relevant players in the sector as the solution for the gridlock that has bedeviled the port community of Apapa and its environs. The stakeholders are of the view that being victims of the effect of the gridlock in terms of economic and health concerns, they would take the issue seriously. They are of the opinion that a meeting should be called, like that being championed by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, at the end of the tenure of the Presidential Task Team, PTT.
By Godfrey Bivbere STAKEHOLDERS in the maritime industry are advocating for the formation of a committee by all the relevant players in the sector as the solution for the gridlock that has bedeviled the port community of Apapa and its environs. The stakeholders are of the view that being victims of the effect of the gridlock in terms of economic and health concerns, they would take the issue seriously. They are of the opinion that a meeting should be called, like that being championed by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, at the end of the tenure of the Presidential Task Team, PTT.
Tin-can gridlock drives up trucking cost by over 100% On By Godfrey Bivbere T he gridlock currently being witnessed at Tin-can Island Port, Apapa, Lagos, has driven up the cost of trucking consignments from the port to other parts of Lagos by over 100 percent. The cost of trucking consignments from Tin-can to Ikeja about two to three months ago used to be between N400,000 and N600,000 but with the worsening traffic situation, trucking cost to the same destination has gone up to between N1.2 million and N1.6 million. A trucker who operates at Tin-can port and an executive of Bateru General Ag...