Customs agents threaten protest over alleged manifest manipulation by shipping firms
Former ANLCA Vice President, Kayode Farinto, accused the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Hapag-Lloyd of engaging in practices that create serious challenges for importers and licensed customs agents while allegedly encouraging corruption in the cargo clearance process.
According to Farinto, the shipping companies submit electronic manifests indicating that all containers aboard a vessel will be discharged in Nigeria, whereas only a portion of the cargo is actually offloaded.
Farinto urged the NCS to investigate vessels operated by the two companies, arguing that the Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023 empowers the Service to sanction shipping firms that submit inaccurate or misleading manifests.
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