Nigerian Shippers Council || N.S.C

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Education and Enlightenment Services

  • Conduct Maritime Seminar for Judges.
  • Organize National Shipping Conference.
  • Facilitate Maritime Dispute Resolution Seminar (in collaboration with Maritime          Arbitrators Association of Nigeria).
  • Conduct Seminars and Shippers’ Clinics’ on specific aspects of international trade.

The Council carries out stakeholders enlightenment programmes nationwide through conferences, seminars and workshops. These include:

  1. Maritime Seminar for Judges.
  2. Annual Shipping Conference.
  3. Workshop on Transport Cost and Connectivity.
  4. Airfreight Sensitisation Seminars.
  5. Stakeholders Townhall Meetings
  6. Market Sensitization and Road Shows.
PUBLIC NOTICE
APPLICABILITY: All Shipping Lines, Shipping Agencies, and Maritime Operators functioning within the Federal Republic of Nigeria. PREAMBLE & FINDINGS: WHEREAS the Nigerian Shippers' Council is statutorily mandated to promote efficiency, transparency, and customer-oriented service delivery within the Nigerian shipping industry and port sector. NOTING persistent infractions characterized by discourteous, dismissive, and unethical communication from shipping companies to consignees, agents, and port users concerning critical operational milestones, including cargo arrivals, export cargo evacuation, and operational approvals. NOTING FURTHER the unlawful and dilatory practice wherein shipping companies withhold operational approvals or decisions under the pretext of awaiting instructions or authorization from foreign parent companies or principals.