Following the circular by the Federal Ministry of Finance ref. F.194600/TR/IG/1/174 dated April 11, 2017. Please note that the review has incorporated the following measures approved by the Minister of Finance to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of the operations of the Destination Inspection Scheme (DIS): (A) Additional responsibilities for Nigeria… Read More
Cargolux Airlines International had an “excellent year” in Africa in 2016 and expects the market to remain stable for the first half of 2017, regional director Africa Jonathan Clark explains to Air Cargo Week staff writer, James Muir. He says Cargolux registered a healthy tonnage increase compared to 2015 and… Read More
Pangea, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, developing economies, post-colonial political systems, export of primary goods as main revenue, … Despite the confounding similarities, relations between Africa and South America are few and far: some trade agreements exist mainly on a country-to-country basis, but no global framework of cooperation exists between the… Read More
The federal government in Nigeria has recently announced that as part of the government’s fiscal policy, a significant reduction in import duties was going to be applied to 115 items with immediate effect. Kemi Adeosun the country’s Finance Minister confirmed that these changes were in compliance with the requirements of… Read More
Press release Over 100 managers from 74 Freight Forwarders companies attending the second annual meeting of Africa Logistics Network From the 1st to the 4th of October 2016 in Agadir, Morocco Wednesday, 20th September 2016 – The second annual meeting of Africa… Read More
***SUSPENDED*** E.C.T.N. for SUDAN Implementation of the ECTN in Sudan as from June 1st 2016. The Sudanese Customs Authority is introducing the Electronic Cargo Tracking Note for all shipments to/from Sudan. For all shipments to and from Sudan (transit cargo included), the shipper or his forwarder are… Read More
PleStarting from the 20th of May 2016, a Certificate of Conformity (CoC) will be mandatory for shipments to Gabon. The Certificate of Conformity will be required for Customs clearance. Goods arriving to Gabon without the corresponding CoC will not be allowed for clearance, and will not be permitted to enter… Read More
GUARANTEE FUND (on voluntary basis the first 2 years) Dedicated to our members and for great interest of the future ones. In the last month we have been working to put some rules and procedures for the Guarantee fund and tried to increase the protection of the payments inside Africa… Read More
Africa Logistics Network is pleased to announce the partnership with Forwarders Debt Recovery Services (FDRS). FDRS is an independent debt recovery company dedicated to assisting the Freight Forwarding community in collecting its just debts, and for many years they have been successful in recovering debts for their… Read More
Egyptian ministerial economic group decided on some restrictions and new procedures that are applied to imports from 1st January 2016. Tightening control on the customs ports in cooperation with Ministries of Defence and Interior to prevent smuggling. The ministerial economic group agreed on a number of restrictions and procedures to… Read More
The three award categories are: 1st Prize: Network best performance; 2nd Prize: World shipping to/from Africa best performance; 3rd Prize: Inter-Africa business best performance. (Special award only for African members) There will be three winners for each category. The winners will be chosen accorfind to the each member’s vote. The winners… Read More
Updated regulation – Advance Cargo Declaration – effective from 1st December 2015 A- SCOPE OF APPLICATION The Madagascar Advance Cargo Declaration regime will apply to import, export or transit of goods. However, a ship operator or its representative (typically a ship agent) will have to declare cargo… Read More