The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has called on the Federal Government to urgently repair the deplorable port access roads before the rainy season sets in.
Mr Cajetan Agu, Deputy Director, Commercial Shipping Department of the council, made the plea on Sunday in Lagos.
Agu said that the roads were bad and caused a lot of heavy traffic gridlock and damaged goods when trailers fell while dodging potholes.
“It takes three days to clear cargo from Lome, seven days in Cotonou, four days in Durban in South Africa and five days to clear cargo out of Kenyan ports.
“The free days given to importers before accumulating demurrage in Nigeria is five days while it is 10 days in Benin Republic.
“It takes 10 days in Cameroon and China to enjoy free period before the accumulation of demurrage starts to count,’’ Agu said.
According to him, terminal…
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