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Jun252021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Buhari appoints Jime as Executive Secretary Nigerian Shippers Council

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Emmanuel-Lyambee Jime as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to the statement, Jime, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law, brings his wealth of experience to the new role having distinguished himself in several public offices. He was at a time Managing Director at the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) and a two-term member of the House of Representatives representing Makurdi/Guma Federal constituency between 2007 and 2015. He was also Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly from 1992 to 1993. “The appointment is for a renewable...

Oct142020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

CBN READS RIOT ACT TO SHIPPING COMPANIES

Breaking News, Maritime

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele Non-compliance by shipping lines to the directive by the Federal Government that all export goods leaving the country should carry Nigerian Export Proceeds (NXP) numbers was the focus of discussions during a meeting recently convened by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Chairing the virtual meeting, CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, stated that the Apex bank, following a directive by the Federal Government to audit shipping companies to ensure that the all shipping documents carry the NXP number, discovered that several shipping companies were wanting and this non-compliance would attract strict sanctions. Speaking on the issue, the Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello, said Shipper's Cou...

Oct12020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Hassan Bello pays working visit to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Breaking News, Press Release

The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shipper's Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello, along with some directors today, paid a working visit to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in his office in Alausa. CEO of the Nigerian Shipper's Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello The ES/CEO disclosed that the purpose of the meeting was to brief the governor on some key issues like multimodal approach to cargo delivery & evacuation, 24-hour Port Operations, Digitalisation of the Port and Traffic Management. He emphasised the importance of synergy and coordination further stressing that provision of infrastructure must be prioritised. According to the ES, “if infrastructure is not coordinated or integrated, very little progress will be made”. Commending both Lagos State and the Feder...

Sep12020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Mearsk Line Suspends Peak Season Charge.

Breaking News

Executive Secretary and CEO, Hassan Bello Mearsk Line Nigeria Ltd has bowed to pressure and reversed an earlier introduction of peak season charge. The reversal followed an intervention by Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers' Council. In a statement in Lagos, Mearsk Line said it has instructed its commercial department to suspend the controversial charge effective September 1, 2020. It would be recalled that the Nigerian Shippers Council had protested to the African Union of Shippers Councils on the introduction of the arbitrary charges by Mearsk Line and had asked for its immediate scrapping. Shipping World magazine can confirm on good authority that in a letter signed by Mearsk Line Nigeria Representative, Lara Lana and addressed to Nigerian Shippers Council, i...

Aug132020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

HASSAN BELLO: THE BIG BROTHER OF NIGERIA’S MARITIME FAMILY

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News

Clearly, the above headline sounds not only a bit disagreeable but to a large extent antithetical for those who are familiar with Hassan Bello in the discharge of his national assignment, in the past one decade or so. Mr. Hassan Bello But the casting is deliberate and by no means intended to subtract from an already established fact that the Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mr. Hassan Bello remains the beacon of the ports industry development agenda, a master technocrat, avid performer, great initiator and facilitator; with a knack for uncommon strategy and conquest in matters of utmost urgency. It is in the light of the qualities aforementioned that the headline finds expression, since no nation or strategists appeared to have been able to respond adequa...

Aug122020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

AGAIN, HAMEED ALI ABSENT AS HEADS OF MARITIME AGENCIES HOLD MONTHLY MEETING

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali was again conspicuously absent as heads of maritime agencies met in Lagos, agreeing to set up a timeline for 24 hour port operations. Also absent at the second scheduled monthly meeting which held at the Corporate Headquarters of NIMASA, was the Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron Akwa Ibom State, Commodore Duja Effedua. The maiden edition of the monthly meeting was hosted last month by Hassan Bello of the Nigerian Shippers Council. Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who spoke with journalists at the end of the meeting on Tuesday said issues bordering on maritime safety and security, port efficiency, inter modal transportation, as well as s...