DM Transport Deploys First Electric Truck As Rotterdam Port Logistics Transition Expands

DM Transport has reached a significant milestone in its fleet electrification efforts with the deployment of its first heavy-duty battery-electric truck within the Port of Rotterdam. Purchased and funded by DM Transport, the Volvo FH Electric will support container-shunting operations at QTerminals Kramer Rotterdam (QTKR), serving customers including Ocean Network Express (Europe) Ltd. (ONE). To…

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BUA To Invest $85m In Port Harcourt Port Expansion, Targets 2m Tonnes of Imports

…NPA Backs Expansion As BUA Seeks Stronger Foothold In Eastern Ports By Sylva OBASI The Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has disclosed that the company is investing about $85 million in the expansion of its port facility in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as part of efforts to strengthen its logistics infrastructure and support…

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CCS Visits NAMM, Secures NIMASA Approval To Begin Classification, Ship Survey In Nigeria 

By Sylva OBASI  The China Classification Society (CCS), has received the approval of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to commence the classification and survey of vessels registered in Nigeria and operating within Nigerian territorial waters. The CCS delegation, led by the Africa Managing Director, Engr. Zhang Qingyue, and the West Africa Managing…

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Faces Of Dignitaries At 40th Anniversary Symposium Of Starzs Investments

By Sylva OBASI The one week activities marking the 40th Anniversary of Starzs Investments Company Ltd ended last Friday with a Symposium and Gala Night held in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The week-long activities which started with Church Thanksgiving Service on Saturday, July 4, concluded with a symposium and gala night on Friday, July 10,…

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Jonathan Lauds Ogbeifuns’ Business Acumen As Starzs Concludes 40th Anniversary Celebrations With Symposium, Gala Night

By Sylva Obasi The Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, GCON has lauded the business acumen of the Founder and Chairman of Starzs Investments Company Ltd, Engr Greg Ogbeifun and that of the Managing Director and Cheif Executive Officer, Ms Iroghama Ogbeifun for achieving a remarkable milestone of…

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Starzs Investments Paints Port Harcourt Blue As It Begins 40th Anniversary Celebrations With Thanksgiving Service

…Prepares To Host The World On Friday By Sylva OBASI The Starzs Investments Company Limited (SICL) on Saturday painted Port Harcourt, the oil rich state with blue as it commenced a week-long programme of activities to celebrate its 40th anniversary, with a Thanksgiving Service with the Chairman, Engr. Greg Utonwem Ogbeifun stressing that the SICL…

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AFMESI Takes Coastal Community Women Empowerment To Tarkwa Bay In Lagos

By Sylva OBASI In continuation of it’s nation-wide coastal community women empowerment program in Nigeria, the African Marine Environment Sustainability Initiative (AFMESI) has taken the program to Tarkwa Bay, a notable coastal community in Lagos state, South West, Nigeria. PLATFORM REPORTERS who covered the event gathered that the empowerment program held Wednesday in Lagos reinforces…

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Two Months In: Kaila Raises Revenue By 448% At Seme Border, Records Massive Seizures

By Sylva OBASI The Customs Area Controller, Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller A.S Kaila has made a remarkable turnaround at the command, recording a staggering 448% increase in revenue in just two months of taking over at the command, even as he has also intercepted contraband goods worth over N500 million…

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‘Predictive Enforcement Key To Tackling Smuggling’ -Gambo

By Sylva OBASI The Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A, Comptroller Gambo, has said the unit is shifting from reactive enforcement operations to predictive enforcement through the deployment of geospatial intelligence technology aimed at improving border security and combating smuggling activities across the country. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that…

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BREAKING: Rule Of Law Triumphs Over Algorithm As Customs Lost Appeal Case On Valuation 

By Sylva OBASI LAGOS, NIGERIA – In a watershed moment for international trade and administrative law, the Court of Appeal, Lagos Judicial Division, has delivered a landmark judgment in Appeal No: CA/LAG/CV/1070/2022: Sea Empowerment and Research Centre Ltd/GTE & Anor v. Nigeria Customs Service.  PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that in a judgement delivered on Monday, April…

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