An integration of rail, road and water transportation has been approved by the Lagos State Government choosing Marina and Mile 2 as the take-off hub. The Acting Commissioner for Transportation, Anofi Elegushi, during the annual ministerial briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre Alausa, said traffic would soon ease along the
Month: May 2017
SEA ROUTE TO DEATH
An overcrowded boat carrying about 500 migrants toppled across the Mediterranean sending about 200 people over board. MLN has it on report from Italy’s coastguard that at least 34 migrants, some of them young children, have drowned after falling into the sea off the Libyan coast. This has triggered a frantic
Kaduna Dry Port Ready for Operation
Can Shipping overtake Oil as Highest Revenue Earner?
If the recent revelation of Dr. Dakuku Peterside, director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is to be believed the Nigerian shipping sector is poised to take over from oil and gas as the largest revenue earner for the Federal Government. Dr. Peterside took this position at
Appointment of Transaction Advisers for Airport Concession Meets Disagreement from Unions
Labour unions at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria have said that they have neither trust nor confidence in the recent appointment of transaction advisers for the concession of four airports in the country. The Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Union of Air Transport Employees on 24th
Over $2.2bn Investment in the Rail Line Concession to GE by FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that General Electric, a global conglomerate emerged the preferred bidder for the narrow gauge railway concession in Nigeria as announced by The Federal Government on Wednesday 24th May, 2017. The letter of award was handed over to GE at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry
The World’s Largest Transportation Companies
Forbes magazine has published its 2017 edition of top largest companies in the world and in the list are some of the global and regional brands in transportation. The FORBES Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the world’s largest, most powerful public companies, based on equally-weighted measures of revenue, profits,
Customs intercepts harmful cargo containing 440 pump action rifles at Tin Can Island Port
Nigerian Customs has reported the interception and seizure by the Tin Can Island Customs Command of harmful cargo in a 40 feet container laden with 440 pieces of pump action rifles following intelligence reports it obtained. The service said the container was immediately taken away by Customs even before declaration
East Africa considers Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway to facilitate moving goods across Lake Victoria
Kenya and Uganda are considering putting up new ports to carry cargo across the lake after Rwanda pulled out from the Kenyan standard gauge railway in favour of Tanzania’s Central Corridor. According to Analysts, the pulling out from the Northern corridor could have just been the saving grace for the collapsed Lake Victoria transport system
Nigerian Customs cuts inspection hour, attains 75% automation
Nigerian Customs says it has cut down considerably inspection hours of imported items and papers processing at seaports and airports to ease business operations. This was confirmed by the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) at a three-day first Extra-ordinary Meeting of African Union Sub-committee of Directors-General of Customs