THE GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL, 2023 PAGE 19
The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Rt. Honourable Emmanuel Jime has assured shippers and manufacturers that shipping companies will bear the cost of the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) when implemented.
Jime gave the assurance when some executive members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), led by a former Vice President of Lagos Zone, Mr. John Aluya, paid a courtesy visit to NSC’s Headquarters in Lagos.
Jime noted that the CTN cost was not new and it had been in existence before it was suspended in 2012 to address the bottlenecks.
He explained that the CTN cost, which would be minimal, had always been in shipping charges.
He also reassured the manufacturers that NSC would address the complaints and concerns raised about re-introduction of CTN as major stakeholders in the decision making.
“In the past, the implementation of the CIN was merred with a lot of misunderstanding. Hence, the reason to express caution in the willingness for its introduction.
“The reintroduction of the Cargo Tracking Note this time around is not fundamentally different from the previous operations of the tool. The cost implication has been allocated in a way that it does not have dramatic damage as far as the economy is concerned”, he said.
