Following the gridlock on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway occasioned by the dilapidation of the road, importers and agents now pay more for demurrage and return of their empty containers, Daily Sun reported. According to an agent, who spoke to Daily Sun on the condition of anonymity, the shipping firms make it difficult for them to
Year: 2018
CBN Appoints Three Pre-shipment Agencies for Non-oil Export
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), named the PIAs as Messrs. Cobalt International Services Limited, Carmine Assayer Limited and Neroli Technologies Limited. Nigeria has appointed three Pre-Shipment Inspection Agencies (PIAs) for the non-oil export with a view to further enhancing the nation’s export trade. In a memo issued on
Airport Security: FAAN Explains Failure to Fortify Fences at Airports till 2019
Despite reported incidents of runway incursions, easy access to airport premises by miscreants and high number of stowaways, THISDAY has gathered that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) might not be able to install security and perimeter fences at any of the airports till 2019. This is because the cost
Passenger suffers burns after cell phone catches fire on plane
The interior of an Air Canada plane at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Friday November 24, 2017.Peter J. Thompson/National Post A cell phone caught fire on an Air Canada flight Thursday morning leaving a woman with burns, according to an Air Canada spokesperson. Air Canada flight 101 was preparing to depart from Toronto-Pearson Airport around 7 a.m.
Tanzania’s New Railway Projected to Reduce Transport Costs
Dar es Salaam - When completed and operational, the standard-gauge railway (SGR) will help in reducing the transit-time and the costs in Tanzania. This was said in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday by the executive secretary of the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA), Mr. Dieudonne Dukundane, during the UNCTAD
DHL partners with Cologne Business School to ‘go green’
DHL Global Forwarding, the logistics arm of Deutsche Post DHL, has published a white paper in partnership with the Cologne Business School, in an endeavor to incorporate sustainable practices into its supply chain. The white paper lists actions that all forwarders and logistics firms can take to “intensify their environmentally friendly
Jaguar reveals first all-electric SUV
Inside the world’s biggest automated package sorting facility – bigger 90 football fields (Video)
Nigeria needs $2bn to revive Lagos-Kano rail line – VP
Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge line Nigeria's Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, said on Wednesday that the country requires about $2bn (N610bn) to revive the Lagos-Kano rail line as part of efforts to boost local and international trade along the northern and southern zones. Osinbajo spoke at the opening of the inaugural edition of the Lagos-Kano Economic
Monument-filled, traffic-clogged Rome to ban diesel cars by 2024
Rome will ban all diesel vehicles from driving in the city center from 2024 to combat Rome, one of Europe’s most traffic-clogged cities and home to thousands of ancient outdoor monuments threatened by pollution, plans to ban diesel cars from the center by 2024, its mayor said. Virginia Raggi announced the decision