The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has warned regulated service providers in the maritime industry that they would be sanctioned if they fail to register with the council within one month.
The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the NSC, Mr. Hassan Bello, disclosed this in Lagos, at a sensitisation clinic for regulated service providers, which include shipping companies, terminal operators and inland container dry ports.
Represented by Director, Consumer Affairs Department of NSC, Mr. Cajetan Agu, Bello said the service providers would be given the chance of first and second warnings before it employs actions such as delisting, sealing off of business premises amongst others.
He noted that since the first sensitisation clinic that took place on January 31, 2019, only few regulated service providers had registered.
He listed those affected by the directive as: ports authority, seaport terminal operators, shipping companies, offdock terminal/bonded warehouses. Others, he added, are: cargo consolidators, logistics service providers, freight forwarders, inland container depot operators, stevedoring companies and others.
The registration, Bello stressed, is in line with part 2, section 41 of the NSC Port Economic Regulation of 2015.
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