The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with shipping companies to find a sustainable way of solving disputes in the maritime industry.
Mr Hassan Bello, the Executive Secretary of the NSC, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday.
According to him, the agreement will look into the tariffs that currently exist and if the memorandum is signed, it will have positive impact on the maritime industry.
“We act on complaints we received from shippers generally.
“Shippers said the container deposit regime is extremely harsh and through no fault of shippers, they are made to pay demurrage.
“So, it is important we look at the operations of shipping companies and even if you take container deposits, it should be…
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