WAF Shipping Focus: Week 41
- Agwe Logistics Solutions
- Oct 15
- 4 min read
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has once again earned global recognition for
excellence in communication as it received the Golden World Award, GWA, for
Impactful PR in Customs Management at the 2025 International Public Rela8ons
Association, IPRA, Gala held, in Accra, Ghana. Presented by IPRA President Nataša
Pavlović Bujas during the Golden World Awards Gala Night, the international PR
body recognised the Nigeria Customs Service for its Impactful Public Relations in
Customs Management. The winning entry, a publication authored by Image
Merchants Promotion Limited, documents the Comptroller-General of Customs’
progressive communication strategies and has since evolved into a strategic
framework for public relations scholarship in Nigeria. According to Philip Sheppard,
Secretary-General of IPRA, the publication provides practical strategies for
organisations. It showcases real-life applications of PR leadership drawn from the
reforms of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.
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The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) and the Ship Owners and Agents Association
of Ghana (SOAAG) have renewed calls for more transparent and deeper
engagement to strengthen the commercial shipping sector, enhance trade, and
create a more conducive business environment. At a meeting between the two
institutions, Professor Ransford Gyampo, Chief Executive Officer of the GSA,
stressed the importance of continuous dialogue and data sharing across all
maritime stakeholders, including shipping lines, port authorities, and government
agencies. “We must listen to each other more and find a middle ground to address
our challenges,” he stated. “The GSA’s role is not to take sides. We are referees in
this space, here to ensure fairness and protect the broader interest of Ghana’s
commercial shipping sector.” The engagement comes as Ghana’s shipping industry faces mounting pressures from rising operational costs, bureaucratic delays, and coordination challenges among multiple state agencies involved in port operations.
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At the ongoing World Ports Conference in Kobe-Japan, Port professionals drawn
from 64 Countries have endorsed the election of the Managing Director Nigerian
Ports Authority (NPA) Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho as Vice-President of the International
Association for Ports & Harbours (IAPH). Coming on the heels of the administration
of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of the National Policy on Marine & Blue
Economy, Dantsoho’s election as Vice-President of the IAPH is a testament of
Nigeria’s growing influence in the comity of Maritime nations. IAPH is a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. In November 1955, some 100 world port leaders gathered in Los Angeles to announce the creation of IAPH. Over the past six decades, IAPH has developed into a global
alliance of ports, representing today some 190 ports and 167 port-related
businesses in 89 countries as of 6 December 2024. The member ports together
handle well over 60% of the world’s sea-borne trade and over 60% of the world
container traffic.
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The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria Export Promotion Group (MANEG) has
called for a review of global trade barriers and protectionist policies that continue
to undermine Nigerian exporters under the African Continental Free Trade Area
(AfCFTA). The group made the appeal in Lagos during its 8th Annual General
Meeting (AGM). The theme of the AGM is “Difficulties in Export Trading under
Multilateral Trade Agreements: A Threat to AfCFTA Implementation”. Director-
General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadir,
said export remains the foundation of economic independence for any developing
nation. He urged the Federal Government to strengthen local production and refine export policies. Ajayi-Kadir noted that although Nigeria had launched several
economic recovery plans over the years, poor implementation had hindered
sustainable growth. “The early years of independence held great promise for our
economy, but successive governments have failed to implement key industrial
plans."
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The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar
Dantsoho, has said President Bola Tinubu has given the go-ahead for work to
commence on the $1 billion total reconstruction of the Apapa, Tincan Island,
Calaber, Warri and Port Harcourt ports, stressing that the job would be delivered
within 48 months. Dantsoho stated this during a chat with newsmen on the
sidelines of the ongoing World Ports Conference of the International Association of
Ports and Harbours (IAPH) tagged, “Reinvention and Prosperity in Turbulent Times,” in Kobe, Japan Dantsoho said rehabilitation works are expected to commence in the first quarter of 2026, following extensive engineering, environmental, and design studies. He said the ports reconstruction was part of the federal government’s plan to modernise Nigeria’s seaport infrastructure, attract foreign investment, and reposition the maritime sector for competitiveness in the global logistics chain. He stated that investors in the maritime space are pushing to invest in Nigeria following Tinubu’s economic policies.
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The Federal Government has unveiled plans to reduce physical examination of
containers at Nigeria’s ports by 90 per cent through the implementation of the
National Single Window (NSW) — a comprehensive digital platform aimed at
modernising and streamlining the nation’s import and export processes. Expected
to go live in the first quarter of 2026, the National Single Window will serve as a
centralised hub linking all government agencies involved in trade with importers,
exporters, freight forwarders, and other stakeholders. The platform is designed to
cut down delays, reduce logistics costs, and strengthen Nigeria’s competitiveness
in global trade through automation and transparency. Speaking at a Stakeholders’
Forum held in Lagos, the Director and Coordinator of the National Single Window
Project, Tola Fakolade, said the platform’s centralised risk management system
would drastically limit the need for physical checks, ensuring faster and more
efficient cargo clearance.
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