NSC orders immediate suspension of new shipping tariffs

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has directed each shipping lines and their agencies to instantly suspend the implementation of precocious approved tariffs.

The directive, issued by the council’s absorption and made disposable to journalists successful Lagos connected Friday, follows ongoing consultations with cardinal stakeholders astir the caller charges.

According to the NSC, the engagements were aimed astatine addressing concerns regarding the timing, operation and imaginable interaction of the tariffs connected larboard users and logistics operations.

“In bid to safeguard just competition, transparency, and sectoral stability, the Council considers it indispensable to halt further implementation.

“We privation to guarantee that each operators and stakeholders are aligned earlier immoderate caller tariff operation is enforced,” the connection read.

The assembly directed that each affected operators revert to, and strictly apply, the erstwhile tariff regime.

“Any deviation from the erstwhile tar...