The Port Consultative Council (PCC) has urged port operators to key into the newly- introduced Cargo Tracking Note (CTN), to ensure safety of cargoes and make Nigerian ports more attractive.
The Chairman of the PCC, Otunba Kunle Folarin told journalists last week, “that service (CTN) is a must’’.
Folarin urged government agencies to carry out their legitimate duties by preventing dangerous cargoes from entering the country.
“I am supporting Shippers’ Council because it is the protector of cargoes and must know the cargoes that are coming in.
The CTN was introduced by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) as the ports economic regulator in November 2015.
It was a bold attempt to end decades of trade malpractices in which the Federal Government lost billions of naira annually.
CTN has the backing of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) under the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code 2004.
It also has the backing of the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) and has been introduced in some West and Central African countries.
It came up following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in the U.S.
The CTN was introduced in Nigeria in 2009 but later suspended because of some high charges imposed on shippers and now re-introduced by the Shippers’ Council.
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