The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced it is expanding its activities to prevent payment fraud in the air travel industry. Payment fraud costs the industry an estimated $858 million annually, approximately $639 million of which is borne by airlines and the remainder by other participants in the travel value chain, including travel agents. […]
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By John Iwori Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has reaffirmed federal government’s plan to commence freighting of petroleum products by rail from the nation’s seaports and refineries for onward distribution to consumers in the hinterlands. The move followed the hitches often encountered in distribution of petroleum products by road transport. The collapse of Nigeria’s underground […]
The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has charged the federal government to prioritise the revitalisation of collapsed road, refineries and other critical infrastructure in Nigeria. The President of NARTO, Kassim Bataiya, who gave the advice at the pre-National Executive Council (NEC) meeting and award night of the Association in Abuja, specifically appealed to […]
By John Iwori Dock workers, under aegis of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has asked the regulatory agencies to always involve their members in stakeholders’ meetings in order to avoid crisis over welfare issues. They also insisted that the Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigerian Shippers’ Council and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) should […]
