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25 ships arrive Lagos ports with petrol, other products

APM terminal ports in Nigeria, Apapa Lagos.

By Aisha Cole
Ships
Lagos, Oct. 10, 2019 (NAN) A total of 25 ships carrying various products are at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says in its daily publication on Thursday in Lagos.

It said nine of the vessels contained petrol, two contained diesel  while the remaining 14 ships would berth with base oil, buckwheat,  container and general cargo.

The NPA also stated that 21 ships carrying container, general cargo, buckwheat and frozen fish, bulk salt, general cargo, bulk sugar, diesel, bulk buxitie, bulk gypsum, were expected at the ports between Oct. 10 and Oct. 27.

NPA said that 14 ships are presently discharging buckwheat, bulk sugar, frozen fish, petrol, general cargo, container and empty container. (NAN)
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Edited by Gregg Mmaduakolam/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Economy

8 ships with petrol, other commodities arrive Lagos ports

8 ships with petrol, other commodities arrive Lagos ports

By Aisha Cole
Ships
Lagos, May 10, 2019 (NAN) Eight ships conveying petrol and other commodities have berthed at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said Friday.

The agency said in its daily publication, Shipping Position, that the vessels were already discharging their consignments at the ports.

According to it, one of the vessels is discharging base oil.

It said that seven ships were discharging buckwheat, container, general cargo and frozen fish. (NAN)

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Edited by Kamal Oropo and Olisa Ifeajika

Economy

6 ships arrive Lagos ports with petrol, other goods

Ships
By Aisha Cole
Lagos, May 2, 2019 (NAN) Six ships carrying various products are at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said in its daily publication on Thursday.

It said three of the vessels contained petrol, while the remaining three ships would berth with containers of various goods and frozen fish.

The NPA also stated that 29 ships carrying containers, bulk malt, general cargo, buckwheat, butane and frozen fish were expected at the ports between May 2 and May 17. (NAN)
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Edited by Tayo Ikujuni/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

General news

(Audio) Council to sign MoU with shipping coy on business cost

MoU
By Aisha Cole
Abuja, Sept. 26, 2018 (NAN) The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) says it will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with shipping companies on reducing the cost of doing business at ports to 35 per cent.

The NSC Executive Secretary, Mr Hassan Bello, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.

He spoke on the sideline of a two-day Sub-Regional Workshop and Joint Standing committee meeting with the theme “Port Concession in West and Central Africa: Impact on Economies of Member States’’.

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“Already Nigerian Shippers’ Council is about to sign a very important MoU with the Shipping Companies. This will reduce drastically by about 35 per cent the cost of doing business in Nigeria.

“So if we perfect our system; we will find efficiency, we will find competition, because competition drives down the costs.

“We want the cost of transportation to be minimal as part of the cost of production.

”Right now, the cost of transportation is very high but it is our hope that after the Single Window, the ICTN (International Cargo Tracking Notes); after negotiation with shipping companies, the shipping cost will come down very drastically,” Bello said.

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He said that a review of port concession was ongoing to enable government improve on trade facilitation.

Bello said there would not be a meaningful review of port concessioning agreement without the input of the NSC.

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“For the review of concessioning agreement for now Nigerian Shipper’s Council is not participating and Nigerian Shippers’ council is a representative of so many things.

“You cannot have a meaningful port concessioning agreement without the input of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council.

“So I am aware that the Federal Ministry of Transportation is looking at this because one has to take the interest of all users. This is what happened in the first instance when the negotiations on the port concessioning were inclusive.

“We should operate on open society, so that enemies of open society, will not succeed in this concessioning agreement.

“Shippers’ Council will insist that it should be part of the concessioning agreement because Nigerian Shippers’ Council is a Port Economic Regulator.

“It is also the representative of the users and also the providers of shipping services,” Bello said.
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Economy

7 ships arrive Lagos ports with petrol, other commodities

7 ships arrives Lagos ports with petrol, other commodities

NAN-H-2
Ships
By Aisha Cole
Lagos, June 20, 2017 (NAN) Seven ships laden with various products, including petrol, are at the Lagos ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Tuesday.

The NPA disclosed in its daily “Shipping Position” made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

It said that four of the vessels had petrol consignment.

It said three other ships would berth with bulk coke, base oil and bulk fertiliser.

It added that 31 other ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods were expected at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports between Tuesday and July 1.

“The expected ships are carrying buck wheat, containers,  general cargoes, bulk gas, base oil, bulk fertiliser, empty container, crude palmolein, steel products, bulk gypsum and petrol,’’ it said.

It also said that 15 other ships were currently at the ports discharging general cargoes, bulk wheat, bulk salt, frozen fish, diesel, base oil, bulk corn, bulk gas, petrol and container. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Economy

27 ships laden with petroleum products, food items to arrive Lagos ports

27 ships laden with petroleum products, food items to arrive Lagos ports

NAN-H-6
Ships
By Aisha Cole
Lagos, June 15, 2017 (NAN) No fewer than 27 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from June 15 to June 27.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said this in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.

NPA said that the ships contained buck wheat, bulk fertiliser, general cargo, bulk corn, bulk corn, bulk sugar, base oil, bilk coke, bulk gas, bulk gypsum, petrol and containers laden with goods.

NAN also reports that five ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser, buck wheat and petrol.

Thirteen other ships are at the ports discharging buck wheat, bulk salt, bulk gypsum, bulk sugar, general cargo, bulk fertiliser and containers. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola