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Maritime sector critical to economic growth — Shippers

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December 28, 2021
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Maritime sector critical to economic growth — Shippers

The Shippers Association of Lagos (SAL) has said that apart from oil and gas, the maritime sector is critical for the economic growth of the country.

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The President of SAL, Mr. Jonathan Nicole, made this known in Lagos on Monday.

Nicole added that for government to reap benefits from the sector, it should look into maritime problems and proffer lasting solutions to them.

He said if the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) could generate about N2 trillion, agencies like Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency( NIMASA) in the maritime sector could equally generate huge sums.

“Looking at the income of Nigeria Customs Service, they were able to rake in N2 trillion, it shows how dynamic Nigerian importers and shippers are.

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“In spite of the enormous challenges, the constant increase in income of the customs remains the same. So we commend the efforts of the trading community, they have done well.

“We feel that we should have been able to do more to support the government but the challenges are enormous sometimes we wonder if the country cares, because the bills we pay are also enormous.

“This is in spite of the fact that we try as much as possible to cooperate with government regulations and keep up with the expectations of government,” he said.

Nicole pointed out that shippers also expect government to reciprocate their efforts, saying as at now, there are no palliatives for shippers at all.

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He said that shippers pay too many bills, adding that what they used to spend like N10,000 on before now has gone to about N200,000.

He also decried the slow pace of construction work going on at the West Minister end of the TinCan Island road, noting that if care was not taken, the TinCan Island Port would be affected.

“The bad road makes our goods to fall off the trucks and this is a big challenge for shippers because their goods are not guaranteed.

“Insurance will say its a natural consequence because the roads are not part of what they insured,” he said.

On happenings in 2021, Nicole said that there were so many agitations with the shipping and terminal operators who increased their prices.

He also mention the scarcity of empty containers to bring in cargoes to the county, saying  cargoes are currently trapped in China due to this development.

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He said that the unfortunate thing was that there are over 10,000 containers in Nigeria lying idle and they can not be transported to Europe and China.

“Industries suffer more because of what most of their materials pass through before they are taken out of port and the erratic power supply leads to the dependency on generator and this required a lot of money.

“The Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) system of customs which is supposed to be an advisory document that has credibility but unfortunately it is not working effectively,’ he said.

Nicole urged government to fine-tune some of the processes in cargo clearance so that it would be a seamless system. 

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