THEROLE
OF CARGO
DEFENCE
FUND
iN THE PROTECTION
OF NIGEBIAN
SHIPPEFS
AN OVERVIEW
OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION
oF'THE
CABGO
DEFENCE
FUND
1:. Ck6 ltogu +:g (LLet t4)ib,

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ol rhe carso Deren.,A
F!nd
wh.h Led
rD rhe sctn0 r or the tun.r
LnadequatE
sh !Dn0 documenidon
adve6e re,ms ol radase {Limitrion
lab |ny, iurisdnbn calses, exen
sno,ance/un
nro m.d taisattions
v L porie^ aid exp.de6 surleriq
C o u i . i r l u l Y c o n s c o u s
JunDrions
whLch
ths interesr ol shippeB on
mate* sftedrins
lhs shipmenr
dt impo(s and erpons ro aid tom
or esrabrishns
lrre Fund to
and e&en {Sutueyore'
AdjL,!F. ercl rep,.sed.tion and

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..r""'0"".r'"',"..,"'.**"'
vear 2Ool lre Niseran Shippef council
rdu.cheil the shiDpers Plote'rion 'r carso
26 or rhe compan'es
3do
compaDv
Limirad
^,,"; t",,"'" ^.. reso lfe s'rrcme was rau'ched
wnh a Nro
aLr
sLrlDers
resinercd
onn. ry bv dav or advise
on rhsr esaL'sh6 and llnding sh'ooes
as corpo'are
bddies
n the rishr or ihe p?rceved
objectives
oi re coundLand
rhc daeds
:ompa.y imned bv qldaniee a
srDamie
bodv co'po''.1e
h n'r o'Lv hev bd mst Mlmm
i 's

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is0ne roirid!noe riom t,e NLqerrD
shippds
At li.
,ar 2OOl
tund ii Abuia this wdef
D reoro6/Lunees
10 en1..1rrd
fie tr:o siiessed
rhat 'nucri DUb
i' tv and publc
s r r p o e r sd J t r e s x i s t e n c e
J nd r.e or ihe Noe'ia shippere'l'nrnci
deveoPmenc li.ve
1l) r&Ulggmeiqrhe F0nd
is prcsenilv
beins
man6qed
as a specia
Drccioror
rhe Noara' Sh reB Corncil
dda base
and in{orn3iion
lecrnD
o0v

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ass'sMi" wlhLn rhe enrLrlisrcd
'fteia

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'r cd wou d enauto Shippec
thsse eiJDns srroukJ tansrae in(o
:!^icoron add profoLon
ot rhN:und
ia
ivil coraborarive
ScrrenEi
rhe irnDicmenraLjon
or rr fund y,otrid
proliessrveiv
evoNc
rnr. a.oIabohiive aid r.c!1Jl?e s! Eoc
lrr,i
.ir. Nige .n economy.
Ths schenre
sh. rrd ror a! dry
isuran.e indunry.
r ir qqr .L!stEl:
s'mortve or . Fre. in Boa{ lFoBl orDois Ind co! isu d,!e
ti'j F,e0i {clFl exrods
qfi qo a ronq
way n mor!.ring1he
who ,ir be ,bte
0orumenGlon
ror rh!n caroo

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I
lviiil 4l!9!!4!y! q!r!!
]44!!
rhis apprcach whrh a
lcdn as more
con BrricLdnr
and r
r o
| ! J 0
caims beino
sddresse{l
by lbe Euad as and when aporopriate
n rhe bsiinreren ol lhe shipoeE
inins
wie rer rhe imo emenrdion
or
orf.ou6e" Pen
nent
lssues
such
as
loresn iu,isdiction,
Joresn eoal reprcse.tar
0n
evrdenlarburden
ol prool and rh
be lu y conlended
with n inlledemirc rhis laudalrie
Sclrene
1 is hopdd
that the vision
which inromed
ihe est'blishmenl
or Jha
Fund
w lnor be strldd.bur
nunured
and
qiven
scope
ror srowth
iiom
yem ro vea thereby
assu,n0
6 vibrait carqo Protciion
sohdme
lor
many
gencralons
to come
ol cargo
ix{ess ln a dvnamic
NLgenan

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