Comptroller Frank Onyeka, the Customs Area Controller of Tin-Can Island Port Command, has introduced key reforms to address the issue of multiple alerts, streamline operations, and enhance trade facilitation. This was introduced during a critical stakeholders’ meeting held at the command’s conference hall on Tuesday. The engagement brought together government agencies, terminal operators, freight forwarders,…
… Says the system will reduce monotony of Demand Note, Logistics Cost The Registrar/CEO, Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Mr. Kingsley Igwe, has recommended a National Single Window Proficiency Certification for freight forwarders in Nigeria. Harping on the need to latch onto the benefits of the National Single Window for…
The Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) has hailed the appointment of Dr. Charles Okaga as Technical Adviser to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola. The President of MARAN, Mr. Godfrey Bivbere while congratulating Okaga, described the appointment as a square peg in square hole. Harping on Okaga’s pedegree, he said his…
The World Customs Organisation (WCO) has commended SIFAX Group for its strategic importance and the excellent service that has become the hallmark of the business conglomerate. This recognition was given during the presentation of a “Certificate of Merit” to the company by WCO during this year’s International Customs Day celebration in Abuja, Nigeria, with the…
— Believes Implementation Will Ensure Nigeria’s Admittance To IMO Category ‘C’ Managing Director of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho has described the National Single Window as one of the most strategic port development initiatives since the port reform of 2003, saying that its implementation will promote Nigeria’s standing in the Committee of…
The Chairman, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has hailed President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for signing the Act establishing the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, saying the signing has given full legal backing to the institution. In a letter of…
After over a decade of failed attempts to implement international trade, Single Window in Nigeria, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has identified hydra-headed factors that have undermined every effort on the project and suggested ways to make it work. According to the World Customs Organisation (WCO), a Single Window…
SIFAX Group has debunked a viral video claiming that one of its subsidiaries, Ports and Cargo Handling Services Limited, has put up over 3,000 containers for sale. In a press statement made available to PLATFORM REPORTERS on Monday, and signed by the company’s image-maker, Mr Olumuyiwa Akande, the company clarified the container sale rumour by…
Year 2024 may have ended, but the programmes and activities of Platforms Communications last year continue to reverberate the entire maritime sector and beyond. As we begin our business activities for year 2025, it’s only necessary that we take a cursory look at the programs and activities of Platforms Communications and how they impacted the…
The Foremost Maritime Beat association, Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN), on Wednesday, January 22nd, kicked off the year 2025 activities with thanksgiving, prayers, and celebration of members’ birthdays at its International Maritime Press Centre, Apapa, Lagos. Declaring open the association’s maiden general meeting, MARAN President, Mr. Godfrey Bivbere, expressed appreciation to God for keeping…
