The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mr Hassan Bello, has urged the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) and other government agencies in the port to stop introducing port charges without consulting the Port Economic Regulator.
Speaking on the sideline of the 3rd Maritime Stakeholders’ Interactive Forum, Bello revealed that 35 percent of the charges being collected by the shipping lines will be gone by next month.
“We are actually competing with the cost and demurrages at our ports, thirty five percent of the shipping line charges will be removed by next month, So I am appealing to STOAN to also come on board so that there would be a reduction of cost at our ports”, he added
