PRESS RELEASE! ON PORTS AND CARGO LEGAL VICTORY OVER MIGFO AND DENCA We consider it very important that we hold this media briefing in view of the “assumed” ambiguity that surrounds the ownership of Terminal “C”, Tin Can Island Port, Apapa, Lagos and the subsequent legal tussle that ensued since August 2006 on the ownership of the terminal....

2012 MARITIME FOOTBALL COMPETITION At the recently concluded annual maritime football competition, SIFAX F.C came third by beating Shippers Council FC 1 – 0 in the third place match at the Astro turf pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere. Lagos....

PORTS & CARGO EMPLOY A NEW TECHNICAL MANAGER In a bid to improve the state and maintain an uninterrupted functionality of our equipment, to ensure top of the range services to our numerous customers, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited (A member of Sifax Group) recently, brought into her technical team, Eric B. Corpuz Jr....

REDEPLOYMENT IN SIFAXGROUP In view of the recent growth and expansion in the organization, the under-stated change in the management structure of the group had been made to meet with the attendant challenges so that we will continue to deliver excellent services to our numerous customers all over the world in all areas of our operations viz: ...

PORTS & CARGO APPOINTS A NEW MD We are happy to announce the appointment of a new managing director for Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited (A member of Sifax Group). He is Mr. John Robert Jenkins, a British national, who succeeds Mr. Aboubaker Hadi, who returned to his home country (Djibouti) to take up a national appointment.....

FG Adopts Port Concession: The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed the popular position of the majority of practitioners in the maritime sub-sector of the economy and Nigerians at large that the concession of terminal operations to Ports and Cargo Handling Services and other private operators to run was a laudable decision. The President of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Yar’ Adua expressed happiness with the level of progress that has been made in development of port facilities in Nigeria during the period the private terminal operators were in control of operations at the ports...

Sifax and Social Responsibility: Sifax Group recently hosted orphan children of the Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation (AAAF) orphanage home. The children, more than 50 in number had a fun-filled day as the terminal operator took them round its head office in Apapa and thereafter toured them around the port where they are operating at RORO port in Tin Can Island, Lagos. The Managing Director of Sifax Group, Dr. Afolabi is also the founder of the AAAF orphanage home, which he set up in memory of his late mother, Alhaja Ajoke. Spokesman of the Sifax Group, Mr. Oliver Omajuwa told newsmen that hosting the orphans was part of the company’s activities to add smiles to the faces of motherless children. The image-maker who led the children round Sifax facilities noted that hosting the children was worth doing. Some of the placards displayed by the children read “stop child abuse, care for the orphans”...

Ports and Cargo: An Expression of Terminal Operations Excellence: With the concession of the terminals in Nigerian ports to private operators, the challenges of building and sustaining efficient operations, framework and schemes that will stand the test of time and break through in competition could only be achieved by conscious and dynamic organizations that look into the future with eye of edge in competence, resourcefulness and capacity building, Ports and Cargo Handling Services Limited is one among the few indigenous concessionaires in the industry that has stood out with touch of class and excellence as an award winning operator...

One-Stop Shop of Shipping Services at Sifax Shipping: Venturing into the international business of shipping, the management of Sifax Group had in view the building and operating of a prolific organization renowned for quality service in a single unit of comprehensive and all embracing shipping package...

The Best Terminal Operator: Less than two years into its operations of Terminal C at Tin Can Island Port in Apapa, Nigeria, Ports and Cargo Handling Services has changed the face of the terminal for more functional operations...

Efficiency in Docklabour Services: The handling of the human elements for efficient shipping operations has always been critical as all over the world labour unrest and strikes could paralyze operations despite the sophistication in plant and machinery...

“Our Security is Second to Non in the Industry” Safety and security are about the most important things in shipping and Sifax Group is not unaware of this and that is why in its uniqueness, the company provides comprehensive security. The terminal is both ISPS and PICCOM compliant and certified...

More Cargo Handling Gears… Looking back at May, 2006 when Ports and Cargo started operations of Terminal C at Tin Can Island Port, one sees landmark achievements. With computerized working environment that includes container tracking and management, as well as, ship planning systems, the operator has readily redefined shipping and terminal operations in Nigeria...