WAF Shipping Focus: Week 28
- Agwe Logistics Solutions
- Jul 10, 2024
- 3 min read
Comptroller-General, Nigeria Custom Service; Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has narrated how 844 units of assorted riffles, 112,500 pieces of live ammunition among other contraband were intercepted at the Onne Port. Adeniyi narrated this at a media briefing at Onne, Area 2 Command in Rivers, organised to declare the seized items and hand them over to appropriate authority. “Based on intelligence sharing, a 40-footer container with No MAEU- 165396 which originated from Turkey, was tracked based on some risk factors associated with its importation.
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In a bid to conquer the war against the smuggling of petroleum products in Nigeria, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has reassured of his commitment to reinvigorate the existing collaboration between the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited to effectively combat the smuggling of petroleum products outside Nigeria. In a meeting with the Group Managing Director of NNPCL at the NCS headquarters in Abuja, Adeniyi stated that smuggling constitutes a severe national burden on the Nigerian economy.
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The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, in Abuja, expressed his unflinching support for the repeal of the 46-year-old Shippers’ Council Act, and a fresh law that would be in tandem with the current realities in the Maritime sector. Oyetola stated this during the opening ceremony of the 17th International Maritime Seminar for Judges, organised by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute. In his speech, he stressed that the Maritime law is not just about resolving conflicts at sea; but also about safeguarding the rights and responsibilities of nations, corporations, and individuals.
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Despite a noticeable reduction in trade volume, the Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reported a significant boost in revenue collection for the first half of 2024. It collected a total of ₦1.024 trillion. The revenue haul marks an impressive 143% increase compared to the ₦421.38 billion collected during the same period in 2023. Speaking at the mid-year press briefing, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, attributed this remarkable achievement to robust intelligence gathering and enhanced customs-community relations.
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The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL has attributed the recent fuel queues in the Federal Capital Territory, FTC and some part of the country were caused by disruption of ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, between Mother Vessels and Daughter Vessels resulting from recent thunderstorm. The adverse weather condition has also affected berthing at jetties, truck load-outs and transportation of products to filling stations, causing a disruption in station supply logistics.The NNPC Ltd also states that due to flammability of petroleum products and in compliance with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) regulations, it was impossible to load petrol during rainstorms and lightning.
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CMA CGM has announced a new Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) of US$400 per container effective 5th August on cargo originating from the United States and Canada destined for Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Togo, Benin, Angola, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Congo, DRC, Namibia and Equatorial Guinea. The new surcharge is coming barely two months after SHIPS & PORTS reported exclusively that the shipping line imposed the sum of $900 per TEU (twenty equivalent unit) of containers as Peak Season Surcharge on cargoes coming through it from China to Nigeria.
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