REPORT
OF NIGERIAN
SHIPPERS'
COUNCIL'S
DELECATIOi.I
TO THE 2,OAFRICAN
SHIPPERS'DAY
HELD
IN DAXAR.SENEGAL.
FROIM2S' 3I- II'AY'
NLGERIAN
SHIPPERS'
COI]NCIL

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Report
bv Nsc's Deleoalion
on the 2" Afiican shipDe6' Dav
- (ASqI
A.u!!!9
31 Theshippers
Forum
3 3 TheSlripp€B Me.UPersoiaLitesAwads
34 Shippers
councils
Awadslor lnnovaliv€
seM'eslo
Olhdmadeis Hosling
ol ihe 3'" ASD
5
The Delegalion's
obseNations/commenls
and
Advi€
cono usion/Acknow
edgemeft
s
L st of padlcipants
(2idAsD)
5"c,1'l':$6*"**"'""
at the srrLppere
Forum
(2di
3:
st ofVsitors
to/Enquirers
arlhe
4a b: cerlif €tes of padl.ipat
on awarded
for paniclpalion
SlrFoers
lvleiLAward
Celdl are re'eLved
5.
i.,.-*
.,".t es ppec.o '' dJ<a"eoror
\\FBF I
lnnovalive
sefri€s Awad
The News'
Masazlne
Picture
ol the NSC
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REPORI
OF NSC'S
DELEGATJON
TO THE 2NO
AFRICAN
SHIPPERS'DAY
HELD
IN DAKAR
MAy,2402
r
INIRODUCTION
1 r Tbeaftican
shiFpers,Day
(AsDl rs a pbsEmhe offlre
lnrcn 0r At icln Shippers,
Councils
(UASC)
o, whcn m
Nigeranshppere
counc (NsC) sa eadtn! mebber
1? The fhl ASD Ms held in 1939 inAftra, chana wth thr
G an- -aoo-r'
rnF noL. D.a o ,
resound'ng
success
ihe UASC dectded
that the prcgmhme
sbould
be institutonalzed
and be hed bknnuaflywith
meFber
5h oo-^ .o,.(,,
'
I F q - n . c
o . i A . , - . o i & 6 p . o o d T , e r e F . - p r d . o
io belh€ following:
To create
a roruh
rorrireEdtons
amons
al prayeB
ini;E
shipping
induslry
ot the West and CenrEt Afican
([,laritme)
subregion
]nctuding
especiaty
shrppere
sipowners pori and hutimodal transpon
opeEtore
rreight
foBaftiers.
cuslohs seryices,
nariona polcy
marcrs and rntematonat
econofic parlnere,
amonq
o|rer acrors
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To us€ thelorum
lo hlshishtthe
tEnspod
needs
of .nd
problems
taced by impoLeb and exponets in lhe
shpment of ooods lo and fiom the subreqon and
sugqest
so urionslo
the prcblemsl
'
l o o ' s u . q F A r a ' l d o ' o t r d . < r o $ ' o e , e o l ' d '
: o 5 . i F
r \\ p o . n o r b \\ - s . o
A <Lbr-gon al
To €cognize and en@uragethe
adoption
of best
pfact
ce
siandanls
by bolh shppe6 and Shippers
Councils
nlhe
subrcgion:
and ast bul not tfre leasl,
.
To-n.o.
opo_o_F
ndgerousoa_
oJio n''
"9ed
p D,'<'ol ol h'ppng >eru'. ro Lre .rb.o01 al
t r
h d < . o o a r . " 5 { e r e 4 1 d . 1 . 2 - A s D h o s . e d b l r f -
! a n . q a h . - - pp-s Lour'l ro-l - ' Data f.on -3
3
lva
002
rro.9l
. ' folow e
A 3-day Shippe6 Forum on the theme Maritme
Transpon
and New
loromat
on Techdo
dgies:
ii
An Exhbiton
of goods
and seNdes
by shlpperc
and t€nspon seruce provlde.s
whiclr went on
|r.aushoutthe
4-day
duraton
of lheASDj

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A ShipFers i,lerit and Personalltes
Award to
rc@snize respectvely
shippere rrom member
couniries
who lrad
prcmotion
of the Jorcign
irade of th€ west and
CenlE African
sub€soh' as wel as peBonaili€s
vJrio in lurn. had shown
"cDmml
ol shippeF n the West and Cenlla Atucan
v. A Best Shppe6 Council
AMrd for development
and delivery
ol nnovatveserui@stoshippeFsince
lhe 1"'Atncan
ShippeF
Dayin 1999
2
3 -
er 'be 'odrr6dlhFUA'C
namey: Ansola.
Benin,
Bu ina Faso Came6on,
Conso DR.
. o n g o Feprb
. o . e d h o p r h t a q " o o
G F d l " M a l i
Maontan,a
Nqer Nioe.ia,
Seneqal
and
Togo pad'.ipatqd_
2.2 Tlre
pan
cipants
from
these
cournnes
ncluded
. ofcia ShippeE
counc
ls' de esatesi
. Shipp€rslhemseives
{ie. impol@6
and
expone6):
, PodrRailroad
authorities:
. Coastal/othe
r sh ppins
opeBlo6i

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. Banks/Lnsurances
nslltuliods:plus
r co\\-
Y b
o
' d ,
o 1
l d d - a - d
d o o '
:
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2 3 Otlref pancjpanls came ffom subreqional and
I
nrematioDa
orqan
ztons such as
. The Mariime
O€anizaton of West and Centm Anica
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l
i
'e Po. Vdaq.n.'
l,o'ao
o'WFsl rd
cenrral
Aff ca (PMAWca)l
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. The UNcTAD
TRA NMAR
proj€c1
(Dakd C€nlreli
. Poft orsinqapoG
Authont (PsA)iand
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r
"d
\\6r
.or onii
od F \\ p!
b
^f
a
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DeveLopmenl
(NEPAD)
sroup
(seiesal)
(s€e Ju! Lisl
or panic
panls Annexl)
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2.4 Nigena's
representat
on incuded:
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l NS de€qJio '.onpi ng
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. ilrs. G, c. obDzor D " o
'
i."
Operatons
tepresentng
tlre l/anas nq Dnedor
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r'o ^a. a"d
assLgnmed)
! Mr. J. A. Wajilda Oepury
Directof
Intemationa
T.ade
(Iech. oPs Depanment)
and

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. ML B. lwiShrcghweta, Princpal llls Ofli@r
(corporate
P annlns
Depadmeni)l
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M6. D, shaU
Holma.
ZonalCo
odinalor
ol NSCs
l
Norfi East uone who Ms apponted
by lhe uAsc
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secretar
at to serue
as the Regionalco-odlnatof
fof tlre 2c02 ASD shippe6 l\\,leit
and olhefAwards
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six (seJ-sponsored
bul Nsc'assisted)
shlppers
I
frcm lhe sr geo-econam
c zones
df the country
as
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. Chiel K, Adesbola member, Oyo Slale
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Shippers
Associat
on (SW
:one)
T
. F,A. rllebude,
nefrbef P aleau
Associat
on Jos
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{NE zone)
r Levi Yakub! (tuON), i,lember
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shippeE'
Assoc
alion
(Nc zone):
t
.
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DL Olo Onuma P€sident. Ab a State
ShippeF
I
n
. Chief A. Oburoh, Pres
dent Nationa Rubbef
r'ssociat
on of Niqena
Benin(SSzone)
.nd
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Dr. Sufii', President Sokoio
stat€ ShippeF
I
2 5 The proDeedligs
ol the 2ir AsD was dec ared
open
Dv
:
D 4
l a o i ' v c F
v a o i o E o l -
who was the Guest
ol Honouf
al the openiig
ceremony The
:
o o ^ . r q r e b a s d p r - F _ d i r h F o o q i n g - e ' o o ' o e e
t
! The SenesaLese
lvlinisler
lof NEPAD'
Mr lziz Sow
I
d Equo_'n r
. fne Ho M n'st'r of I'a'soon "
:
. The Hon Ml.ister
ol Merchani
Marine
ofthe Repubic
t
oi congo Mr' lsldore
Nlvouba:
ano
t
. The Hon.
wlin
stefolTGnspodorAigoLa
3
PROCEEDINGS
:
3,1 The shippe6' Fodm
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31 1 The Sh pperc'Forumwas
oqanized
bv cOSEc n
n
..nsu tallon wnh UAsc in the lom ol a 3_dav
symposium
ol a I
the DlaveF
n the shippng
indusvv
wilh the theme Maitme
-
t
> p o n a o N F ^ h ! r a d "
o o o ' c '
" l o r n o o
"
I orliF
i c's
r1
t
simulaneous
Lnterpretation
racilll'es
rn Enqllsh
and Fr€ich
T
eventual
y due to rLight
d fficuLl'es
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31 2 Fof purposes
of nanagins
and documentng
lhe
I
prcceedinqs
of tlre Forum
an orficiaung
Bureau
uas elecled
;
Senegal(
n the PeEon
of the.ha rman
I
ol COSECs Board or Directors
and
€nowned Senegalese
ShiPPer):
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1r vrce Channon
Nigerid
_ ' o"1on o' V
Obiozof,
Ngeria's
head
of deLeqatoD)
T
I
2 ' d v i l e c h a i m a n ^ g o a . '
. o-r.o or d -nbF
ol the Anso an delesat
on trhe
I
Pres
denl - Genera of tlre Angoan
Sh
T
Ppers' Council is the ourcni
cha
rman ol the uAsc and was
I
me €rore nol o'lecl'd ro t e To'Lr '
ou€aut ano,
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t
Rapporteur:
Gabon
(in the person
of a menber
'r
1be
Gabon
Sh pperc'
Co! ncil delegt
on
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' R o p p o . e - 3ld a ^ds >ro 'o' e r
s t d b 4 _
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UASC
Secfetary
General
Mr Sita Djema ol Burkna
Faso
and
hisassstanl Mf C c Aquof Nigef
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3 1 4 over the 3 dav peiod oi lh€ Sh ppers'Forum
severaL
/.-o pdo-r> ^e'- p'- e "o n
r'\\on
no ''q o'd
aftemoon
sess6ns) per dal,' and each presentahon
was
comblned
for pape6lhat
had s milaf
or € aled
topLcs
3 1 5 The paperc preseited were as 10 ows:
Dld
i
A
Trainrng Prosramme {DESsl ror
shippers/Maritime
T€nspon operalors
by Ine
TP.ALNTIIAR
Centrc, Dakar and Llf RLchan
Zarekov
c of lhe Llnive6ty
of Llle FEice
lvlaitine
TEnsport and
Technolosi€s bY Professor
l
oJ Dakar
(UCCAD)and
lrlr B
expelr
and consuLlad
and
The WaY Fotrard bY Mr'
D4
i
TheTtansportll
Project'
bv PMAWCA'(egard
ng
FI4AWCAS
poject por't
comput€rizalion
promolon
Project
ln the WCA
subEg on);
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The One-slop-Shop
Concept by the Guch€t
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Unique of cameoon (regading one stop'shop
informltion
and ire ghl seruie system
lor sriPpets);
I
The ORBUS
2000 based
GAINDE
syslem bv th€
I
senesarese customs office (rcsardns the
nan@phone
equivaLent
of ASYoUDA):
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NEPAD
vs ShlDDets'
Councils
by Mf Azz Sow.
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Min sler n clrarge
of NEPAD
in Senega
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A Sr6tem of carso Movomeni o
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byBenin
NatonalShipperc'CouncL(CNBC)(belng
an innovatve
sefrie oflhe CNBC):
I
t
carqo Thcking (CT) by Ghana
Shippers'
Council
ll
lbeno an nnovauve
sen.e b€nq deJeloped
bv
t
Computerized
Cargo
Tracking
by ai LT
consultns
l1
gfoup
from
cole d lvoi€ *
sone Innovative seryices to shippeE by
Nlgeranshippere
council"

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The Need for a Hub Port
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central Arrican Coastline
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Outlook
on the Singapoe shippo6' Council E_
Freight
contrc Projecl.
by PsA'
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The Seregalese
Nalional Freight Exchange
Cenlre by COSEC
(benq cosEcs nnov:tive
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The CILSS Fretght
Ex6hang.
System
by Bu|klna
Faso Shipperc' Counci (CBC). being CBC'S
innova
ve seN ce to shippe6 and,
v.
The Af.ican Fr.ighr Exchanse
Projeci by uAsc
SecrclaryGeneE,
Mr. Sila Djema
;
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3.1.6
The high
ighls
of a theabove
pape.s,
includlng
NSC'S
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p r 6 s 6 - . a l r o d e c R e ( F o a < a n F / ' r o ^ b / q r .
l e : ,
including
Nsc s lEnslatons
ol the FEich Language
texs, a€
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d . d - b "
d . . - \\ '
lo n1e€sted pad'es
on request
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32.1The Exlr
billon
by shlppeB
and lranspod
seNice
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provid€G was declafed
open astel bv tfre Seneqalese
Pnm€
Minst€r innediatey afier ihe AsD openins
cercmonv.
'nd
wenl on slmullan€ousy
w(h the shlppers Foruff whrch
was
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h - o
a . , 5 e
r ' q o . e . ' a d - - d
o o . .
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3 2 2 Prcduc{s
exhlbited
wer€ moslv agiicunura!produc€
and
some processed/sem-processed
agrc alied prcduck n'm
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varous
countfes
ol the subreg
on whie some
pon and coaslal
shlppins
operato6
and frelglri
to
I
countrles
notaby Benin,
Togo senegal,
cote d votre end
t
Conoo (BEzavile)
were equalv on hadd in ther countes
slands to showcase
ther seryies includlng
thet apparent
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read
ness
for hub
pon opeEtons
ln lhe subrcgron
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3 2 3 Unfortunai€
Ylhe N serian
c
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o p - c t o 1 t r - -
o l o . , - n
d . f 6 .
b f o
o r c l \\ t d 5
g---'a ,' o ro of F Ng€ ar 5hroo'r' tu1e / veJs'<
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oajo Poftery
(NLs
)Ltd oJ l\\,lakurd
(Nc)and Grand
cerea s/c
MiLs
(Nis)Lld
ofJos (NE),
represenled
respedliveLv
bv Messts
T
e n a ^ - o a r o r O M e b ' d . ^ F € a b -
o p c ' i . p d e o - i
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actvey and, ndeed.
benefclaLv M/s Dalo Potterv ror
example.
was nviled
by the Gabonese
deesalion
t0 a taderatr
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t r r F
" ' a
€ n o . " e \\ D j p o F
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-
" o o
t P'od 'd
see
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^ n n e r 3 r o ' d
o
i a
i o ' oob
, * "
" "
d - o . b
I
panidlpalion
recelved
blr the tuo Nigeian
exhib
toG
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The ShippeG'
l4erit and PeFonalities
Awards
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?: 1 There
uere six rccipients
ol tlre shippe6 lerit adards'
ncLud
ng Nig€rlas Dr OIo Onuoma
of Abia slale Shippers
:
Associalion
and louf recipients
of lhe peGonaliues
awads
E
ncudlng
NSC',s
l,lanaging
Directof
chelA B SarumL
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332 fhe r€oipients
ofihe shppers'awa'd
wee cited
lor thel
'commLtmeni
to lhe promonon
of the toreigi lrade or lhe wFqr
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^"'" "**'""_'1'
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e rp-1. ^.o trp. ar' oroDlc
o " {
| r n q
d 1 l
'commltmeni
werc cited
lor thetr
to lhe cause
ol shipperc
n Ine
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Wesl and Cential
Afr can subregian"
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3 3 3 The PeEonallties
award rec pieits wer€ nominated
and
I
decided bv the UASC authoiues ldcludlng
tlre MOWCA
r
- e F . 6 4 a t o e o e
' a ' D
orcs.-oed,o e
rt|
r'e ' opo 'd lo
' " "
, '
e f o c
\\ F I S D
r e F o l
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" " " ' " ' "
;clrLeved
pdor 1o the AsD' consequenilv
a viduarv
?q !9q
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be adopt€d D s4g ro make
nominanons
aio
winneG
rrcm
th€ shippers
P€senl
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o - 3
" o ' - i
o ' d " - o d ' b r ' o ' d d o d r e
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contrlbulons.
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lne cer "€'o
o ! a L o n <
, o , ^ o d 5 ' c c r h o o " a ^
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M _ d _ o n o o " " o r s a d ' o
;H,.hed as anne^ 4'
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$" Noefan h+d ot delegaron lilr5 G L wu""
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:nd tlie NSC Ln qeneGL anolhef plaque r0r '\\)! ' "
! aSD
o"a,!.oc,o
r\\c
.
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was Lhe
q and I'na eior Lhe
2f" AlrLdan
;i"":,
;,; "
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dLzes mdtr the awd shah we
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. lst Prize I
Nig"rialNigedai
Shipperc'Councri
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obLecnves
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b m d r { r
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dhl.t
en@uFgLng l*
r''-
projessjonalism
amongstihe
councr
s
T
" -'""11""-'-"-""
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o.'"^ 'r ' b nc" r"o sr'D*'
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EO I that Lie Eruwr e " rr
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re 00
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f*u'os.n,n
xufonur
shrppo"
c.u."rL
tcNcB)'
_
Bur! nabe
ShpPers
Counor
cBCl. ^^-
Conqo
(Brazai
Ller
sh ppers'0dndi
r!!"'
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Ghana
ShiPPeF'
councrl
(GSc)i
Nlqeian
shiPPeF
council
(NSc)i
sereqal"* Sh PPds cdtrrLrNScl "no
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CodmLlofToqo
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3.44 To carry
outthe assessmenl
a'jury or pene or eisht shippe6
and lhree sh pp ng expens
of prolessiona
s from the subreson
was
I
pul in paeandlhen sequestered
n a meetng
room
to carryoutib€
conrerence
lral. Tlre shppets
were selecled
by I' choosng
eighl
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countries
by baLot who they nominaled
a shipper from rher
respecllve
teams
to serue
on thejury
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3 4 5 The counlri€s seecled by balot were Toso, Ben n Ansd
a,
Conqo
(Kinshasa)
Niger Gabon Nigera,
and Guinea n lhat order.
These
countres
then nomnaled
one shippef
each lo serue
on the
t
lury Howevef.
Ango
a had no shipper
on hefteah and was ep aced
by Ghan!. The eight shpp€rs thus selecled
were joined by three
!
profess
onalt(setoce
providers)
appo
nted by the Awards
P ann ng
commne€ ftom cote d'vone senegaland
Anqoa 10 consritute
the
t
Auad jury Thereaft€f the ground
ru es for the assessment,
thelury
rorcman as wel as lhe eventua award wnne6 were decllen
L
eiL ey ncamerabytheJury
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346 Among
tlre submlssons
€quted from the Shppere Councls
.
15 copes ol the wrltren deposilion
on innovations
and
T
o r l L
| ' d r l 6
^ D
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The wrilien assessment
of th€ Shippe6 Councils
by lhen
sh ppers (wh
ch was expedled
1o have reached
the UAsc
Secrelari.t
in Douala
bero.e
tb€ AsD)r
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Foma appearance
(in alphabericalordet
berore
thelury by
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lh€ chjer Elecutle or h€ad of delesaiion
ol the sriippere
councis b€ng assessed,
wlh each qiven
20 minules
lor
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presentation
and 15 m nures
ior quesrions
by members
of
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34.7
The Fearings
by thejury look p ace tom gam - 5pm or
the 3! Day ol lhe ASD. wth a t hour unch break
ii belween
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Ng- a. r' .c 'e !p c.3pr. o oreo D. Sa .oJ r d ogo
rhe afremoon
set From
the hearing
ltMs obserued
thal thetury
I
had eiected
the shpper from lhe Republic
oJ Benid,
Madame
I
G€ce Lawanl,
as ts foBman Laler
it was also
leaht that under
hef very strict drecllon the lury dedded 10 use a scae of 100
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po nrsro quantry ts sssesmenr
of the councis
as folows
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method/smoothness/@herence
oI lhe de ivery
( l0 point*
ii
Lesal
Sialus:
Whethd
the Council
has
a Bdad otDiecto.s
t
'on _ e '.orit
aga
nsr
government
oflicials
(10
po nls)
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Fundingof
thecduhcir: whetherthecouncil
shelpessy
I
dependenl
on government
subventon
or the ColncL s
generating
ts lunds throush
shppers e. is self-sufficient
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Re orlenlauon/sefrice
innovalions
bv lhe councr snce
rgss: Provison
ol facb & ngures'
on aclrLeved
goals
(as
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asaiist ireorelicai
on_solno
pqecrs)
whiclr
haveenhaned
tlre benents
oJslrippere
riom shLppi9
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Comfrunicalion/information to what exrenr
tne
l
councl s inf.rm
ng shippers
of deveopments
in lhe
lnlemat
onal shlppLng envnonment governdenl
I
regu
alions leg slanons
and olhq pracli'al
info'malroi
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that can lretp slrLppers
(eg througlr semlnars
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creation or databanks/statistics
: lhal shppers
can
I
us€ in laciitaung
tfre
r sfrpping
aduvities
_ shoud
I
indicate
how shlpperc
arc uslng
the databan(
(wncn
may ncude usLns
the councilswebsite
e_mai'
elc l:
l
TEining whelher
the Counc aranges
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10 be acquaLnledwlth
procedu€s
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Freishl nesoliation/advice
: whelher
lhe C.uncil
a
in negdriat
ons wilh tmnsport
t
prDvdeE
on belralf
otsh ppe6i
I
f
Covehge of the entire t€nsport chain: whetherth€
acbvties
or the Council
are €xlended to a.pons and
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otlrer lEnsp.d modes as ag, nst being reslricted to
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seapons
and cadage
ol goods
by sea on I
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g
Closeness
10 shippe6
hDu the counc 's services
a€ brcush1
close
10 slrippeF.
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Tola rof lemsiv(a)
iv(s)
(r0ponls)
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byshippe.s Howthe
Counc
w:sscorcd
by
n terms of the counci
s relev€ne and
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them (40 pdinls).
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3 4 € Afrer
the lury's
cons
deht on of a lthese tactorc
based
on the
t
Councls uritten and oral prcsentatons
lhe lop thr€e Councils
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Nig€fan Sh ppe6 Council
Ghana
Shippers'Counc -
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Burkinabe
Shippe.s'
Counc
for tlre sco€ sheet of a rhe 7
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3 4I These
scorcs
and lhewnnins
counc
ls were
announced
(in
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r€verce odei dlrins the sotee de Gala (Awtrds Nishtl wrr ch
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cond
uded the proceed
nss of the 2io Arr dad Sh ppe.s'
Day lner 4
cays of realy intense activties
This Ms fotiowed
by the
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Dresenlation
of eye-catdh
ns trcph
es ro rhe rhrc€ councts by rhe
senesaese
M nlsler
or Transport.nd
Equjpmenl,
suppoded
uy ,,s
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brotherMinsler,theHon
Minslef
of Transponof
Angoa.
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OTHERMATTERS:
HOSTING
oFTHE 3RO,dsD
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4 r Trre NSC delegalion
was informed
lhat Nseia and tvtati
were beng consdered
as possibe hosls for the 3- Afrcan
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Shlppe6 Day which woutd
cdme
up in 2 y€a6 iifre in 2004.
t
The f.st choice,
however,
was to be given
ro Nigera;
and rhe
UASC Secrerary
cenera woutd conlact lhe NSC 'aE. rD
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conlirm
rhe ofibf
on the one hand
and 10 rcce
ve confifratio.
of
NSc s acceptance
on th€ other
hand
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OBSERVATIONS/COIIIII'IENTS
AND
AllteE
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s I There is a ol to commend
the Senegatese
Shipperc,
CoLndl
ror successtu
y hosling
the 2"dASD:
however
certa
n
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rdo-e> \\er- ob.. reble i s h a'e". cs ogF . d1o o | '9 "
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. e 1 r c e ^ ' i , , o c . b d . - A E D o on-pcni pd'.rCra.aa.o
N gefa) at consldeEble disadvantage
tffoushout tlre
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ngs. The expeclaton
s rhal such
tapses
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rdo"ns Lie d 'lophoae poni, pd ., I
N geria
were
to host
lrre 3'" AsD in 2004
5 2 Though
Niq€ra eventua
ywon the top prze n lh€
undercurenls
thal amost lrusrraled
rhat outcome one was
-'-.J
ed o' \\B- an do, '"
undelmarkng
or Nrge a in the compeiilion
notrithstanding
lhat the NSc was openy declared
by both
Ihe geneE andjury
aud en€s to be n a cass ol ils own'as far as the
"
ard npad
.eLc
id inbndo
^--
o
conmunicaled
to the Nsc before hand unt the deregaiion
atrved ln Dakff
Fortunaley, however, the Nqerian
.di,o i pola , lhe .hippe
, ^r
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sulf cienlly exper eded and profess ona y malure to allow su.
.ons(3,nrs
ro oerar
rnerenods
orpenoman@
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r t wh _o o
e Ns o' i . o,-rdl pedornd
"..lc.ng.
- r 1 i . " .
p . o q b - Y A - d 1 d o . : d r n + a . . A
a o p o a \\ r o . r p p - s
F . d o c p . . !
r ' - r - + < : . 0
. . i..
questions
These ncude
.
TheAnnua
Maftme Seminarfor
Judgesi
i
TheCarco
DelenceFundand
how t ope€tesj
il
The clbercafe
- ke nfomalion
cent€slorshippersj
!.
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thDugh
zona co-od na1ing
offi€siand
t.,
Format
on ofSh ppere
r€sociatons
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n d
r h d - . a o , o o . . . F , a . d , o . d i , d d
" . o n
sh ppers
Counris
n rhe
subregon
woutd
wanr
io vist the NsC
:
to ob<. \\"
.. 06, .o/ rh-F
f
"-(,
d - . . o p , e n .
n & l , o -
1 4 \\ , L h c s r o b 4 - d o / o r F..
< . ( ' e^ d"nd,o. anor.arte-ff.' r a,, "nd,o9..c',
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o. .. brego.a .ot'od ./ m op.," o.
ntegEliDo and ihe expected eadeEhip rote of Niqefa in the
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mnceh ng ihe hosling
olthe 3d AsD theNsc
shourd
tunfm its inte€s1 early in order to slaft eafy ro p an
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c d b l d o A l o r l - o o o ' a n n e
[ ' , ,
" n . . p c o . o - r
d
lhe deesation
has anempt€n to prcvde @r€n deraitsJnd
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insighls
cofcehing the oqaisalion ot the 2.r ASD, inatudn!
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lhe va ous compoienls
thal make up the whote ie (tne
srrpp€rc Forum the Exhiblron,
and the shippeBrshippers
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5.5 There s no doub hal
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f NSC undenakeslhe
hosling
of
e
" d s D , i qo,D >e. "^ . andcds on no, ea n
. o n 0 0 -
, h o r d b- ,h -eo d'a oqa .ed n ordF o
acrreve
the ois nal aims
orihe
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Jr*
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oavwaelerv
nsptratonalror
t
- \\ D a o n s n r o o q
' h o o d
o a F o
n e N r
d c e q 4 o ' a n d
nol\\vrllrslaidins
the llaws/constra
nls medtion€d
eatuer
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and aLltlre
Nigef
an padcipadts
are
Indeed
very gratelul
to the Niger€n Embdsv n Dakar
whrcn
I
not ony receved
tlre particlpanis
at the airPod
6 Trvar' Nr
'Lso ass'sted
wth protocols/oqistcs
and genera!
'are ror m_A
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panicipanls
duing theniay n and depafiure
nom Daka
r
t
6I
Wearc asoq aletu
toCOSEClor
prcJdLngspa'elor-
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D
o r o g d
"
' ..;,,""'
e roo0oo ''A rr"rc cooo -< s 6e0
E
",l
q'id to be the proraled
fee fof lhe space provLded
The team
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was totallv unprepared
lor tlrs cost due to ack of pnor
iiformation about ihe fee (The space oovlded lE e2'n
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oP'
dt
ite 'er/'"
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provldeE.
but we look up onlv about
% ol the space)
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. 4
w -
a ' ! l
M r d d d o \\ c M O W r ^ s '
? c f l
I
;en"ralwho help"d
10 sinqer
Nsc into
padcDaiins
in the 2-
ASD lncludnq
especiaLl)]
ln the compelitve
process
ior ihe
t
Shlppers
CounclLs'
Award iusr one week or so to rhe
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date of the progEmme Fulhermore
ercn
tlrough
tlre Ghana
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formany yeaF (berore
movlns
to MowcA) was appa€ntlvlhe
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*dng coitendeffor
the shipperc'co"ncils
Awatd
berore
tlre
Nsc rcs steGd ils inte€st Mr Add m d d nol heslale t0 nrom
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tlie Forum
duing lris paper
Pres€ ntalio
n on Shippers
Councis
that lhe sub€g on stood to eam a ol ftom the NSC Th S
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was a bold and unexp€Dled
statemedt
wrrich
both €sed th€
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padiDipanls
cuiousty and u timate
v helped
to break
down
rie
subrle Gsislance ol the francophone
maloitv lo Nscq
t
suppnsedy
beLated
show ot interesi
n theAsD qeneELv
and
the Award
competill!n
jn paniouLar
t
E
6 5 The speed
w(h which
the Nsc was abLe
to assembre
shlppeB
from the 'six comeE of Niqera on very sion nor 'e
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Lr paftcpauon n the Dakar
aSD; tlre €pd esponse
of rhe
shippers.
ther sacif@ with regad to lund nq. and the r hisfr
v
;
inforned and adiculate
support
ol the Nsc at Dakar itselr
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(wlhout
any coaclring
by NSc - there
was srmpLv
no !m€ ror
^ o u 'dr\\ooo rh'
E
intrcacies/ogisncs
nvolved lt was indeed a l?Ectca
rhe "" dc) o, Ine NS, D4 - .cr:"0
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.
a o i
. . o / e c p p b a 5
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en ghtenmenl
pErammeswhch
the NSc had embarked
ui'n
>.n!e rgs. we anl 'e . ppF, d'a T Nc -o'" co
T
odinaroF lor the respect
ve pal6 thev played in ihls matter
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eieam sprnt
and Palenl
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- " O ' " d
b
o " c a
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" ' " . " " "
Admrnlsl6tNe
Publc Relalions
etc dho made
vanous
Lnpus
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h1o
ihe h€cilc PrePadnonc
ror
the Dakar
AsD assisnment
the perlormance
and achievement
t
ol ihe Councilallhe
event
would
noi h've been
poss
bE
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6.? Fudhemorc,
allDepartments'
Unlsand oflices
'fth€
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NSC natLonwde
have.
overtime
contibuledto
and buiLtdprh€
seMces/programmes
presented
in Dakar as the crealive
or
I
hmktlellas ships
ofthe cNnciLifierelorc
the Award
lo the
n
NSC ln Oakar
is lrulv an awad ol exalLence
to the coredvtrv
ol the NSC as an organisatLon We thank the staf
f
Managementand
Board
or lhe NSC !n lhrs €garc'
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6.3 Finallywelhank
the lllan:glnS
Directorlor
his pur?iserul
I
readersh
D of the Nsc wirhout
which lhe counci:lloud not
hsve been properlv
posllion€d to seek and wn the kind oJ
I
recognuon
and lionour
acco'ded
to it n D'kd We thank
him
aro ror rne lnspletiona
conlidence
he rcposed
in the NSc
I
deleqationi
and we fiank ihe FedemL
Mnistry ol Transpon
uith;ut whos€ appoval tlre Nsc deeqation
could nol have
:
underlaken
the lriP lo Dakar'
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P A P E . q S P R F S F N T E D A T T H E S H I P P E R S
FORUM
t23ll - 30 . MAY 20021
t-
Day
One,
Tuesday
May 23,
2002
t
Pre.enbrion
oi a paperon
TBining
Progranre For
t
ilaritime
Thnsport
OperatoB
This paper
was presented
I
by Richart
Zarekovic,
a LecruH
ar
Univerclry
of Lire
in France
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o. \\-. ot6.dd o , I
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lnstilution the lnivercity of Llle. These couGes include
d o l o n d d v a -
f
e o o p l o . a a o r a F \\ p o q a ,
e . ' r
d f f . p l .roe-
v c . e 1 a ! *
l r d r - . "
Banking.
nfomalion
Tecnology.
TransponTechnoogy
etc
:
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-e 'eeo o s'rppc ro|i,_o
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l"i
rFe . -an e>ou,
-. or b--r obo.(t. h rn 1.!
:
Day Two, Wednesday
lilay 29, 2002
t
ftesenlation of p.per on Mariiime TEnsport And
Intornalion
I
Technology
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This papef was tonty presented
by Prclessor
tbrahrm
rrcld Ddlo: d Bone toI a orp - -,pF. bo" o
the Unjversily
oJ Oakar
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the usF
oi manuaLB
lol ladnq Jz+ ris
he e ectron.
brl otladLnq
Ther€uronedabouthu(ed
adoplion
ol tlre eectroiicblLlof
Ladiig
lolhwrng
'easons
el.ctronic
bill olladen
fof thelol ouins reasois:
Laws .n electon
c bLi df laden used ln developed
countries
are \\iet lo be ?dopled
ln Aflican
countfes
Suchtechno
oglr
can be used
bv crooks
They mav not aLlow
propel
auiheiticahon/verlicailon
_Wav
Preenlaiio. ofa peper
on Shippe6'Councils
tr,lr lll M AddLco.
lhe Sedrelary GeneGl of MOWCA'
the struclure/org?nPaton
ol shlppss'
ihen cha
Lenges
as weLl-as Jlture
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Represenr
lhe lnrerest
of shippers
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Res€a.ch oi sh ppe6 prcb
ems and gve solut
ons:
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Look
at the lems underwh
ch ouf sh ppere
lmporuerport
with a view to enabrrng
shippers
con1rcl
the handling
of
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Be open
to sh ppe6to odoe
theircomp
anls:
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Mr. Adlcco
obseryed
the io owng as key probems,
wh ch
t
urgentLy
need
the aitention
of ShippeF'
Councl
s
I
. nland
tEnspoftalion
Problems
I
. Prcssurc
on shippom
at our bodeF:
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! Lack of adequale
informalion
and comqr.U4{calion
syslefrsiorthe
use of shlppers
and
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Fundin9
ol shipperc'
councils
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He aso obsorued
that there was a need for the
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gove.nments
ol tlre sub €g on to re'negoUale
lhe Word
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Banld
MF condlional
lies on tlre opeEllon
of sh ppers
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V dddro< o"pe
0aai.e\\'o
c>.e>sn9
'hc pc,a'Ia cal--
atd
"
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Shlppers
Counc
s n the sub rcgion
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Day Three,
Thu6day May 30,2002
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Presentation
ol
I
a paper on NEPAD
Versrs Shippe6,
t
Mf Aziz Sow, a Caunseor
wlth NEPAD in Senega
pres6nre0
rDs pape.
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accordjng
to hjm, NEFAo was adopred
by oAU d Jury
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2001wth the obtect
ve to fieetlhecon@rn
ot GS group
I
1 s involved
in cairying
out consuLlatons
wlth privare
s€clors in the developed
wo d so as 10 assist in the
t
developmenl
oi lhe economy
of Alrica n the aEa oi
inffaslructu.e
aqicllture, communcaton technology,
{
T
I/r. Azizemphaszed
the need
to puEue
the objecrivos
ol
NEPAD
and equested
Shippers'
Councls
to p ay a vital
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:
P.esentation
of paper
on CargoTracking
(Ct)by
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Ghana
Shipp.B' Counc,r
{cSC)
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l\\rlr.David
ol GSC's
lvl S presented
th s paper.
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He obsetoed
that Word lranspon has changed
ro grobari2arion,
ibe€ization and
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nromalion
tecbnotogy
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This has boughr new chatenges
t-
The CT system Mr Davtd sad is A computef
based
I
informallon
system that enables tEde operalors ike
lranspon owners shippeB,
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ship owneis fteight
lotuarders
and al playeE n the ndustry
lEck of tolow
T
the part of cargoes
tom source
of supp
y ro consgne€ s
overcofring
matof bottenecks
in the
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tunspon chain The cT system
ensures
rhat reat time
nlomanon
on cargo s oblaned n ihe fghr speciflcation
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Presentarion
of a paper on operanon
of Fr€roht
stations in Senosar
& Bu*in. Faso shrDDe;s
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Councits
and
Anican FEtqht
Exchanqe
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UASC
Secretary
cene€1, fi{r.
Sitaj
pEsented
the paper
According
lo him F€ghtCenterc n Senegatand
dr:|kiM
I
Faso
were necesstated
because
of dflicuttes
in in and
I
tade in lhe countr
es fac€
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He e\\pla
ned thal s F€iqht center
Junctions
as a pace
I
wnee demand
and supply
of lEnsponation
meer
as wel
as commercra
contef
ror infomation
(on
I
rrade tbnsporr
cost and regualions)
optifrjzes
transport
cost and acrs
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as pace iof lEisporGtion
means a polr is nolhng
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,
"
dsliial€re
!
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*"hel, he sad the rretsht
centeG
in seneqa &
" "
-
Bu nr shoo",e .o- . >
'"0 d e'\\ irE -a'
"e "
.
qoods
nre ar d de,'r ario
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wrhourdeay
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as rof ihe Proposed
arrcan F€tsht cenrere
by 1-rAsc,
u Stcsored r. obi. iresde o 06.
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o."alecor d.o s oq{. ppl, & o.na o o."
Tose.ure nformal'on
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o r'€ olh.. o-r \\ego."ro >.ons r".o1, ol
fteioht
wtlr ship
owne6
.
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Totaclitare
nfomation
rowro tEnspoftoperato6
- ^ o
|
\\ i q F ' a a n o B a n i '
'e Poga ne tere i\\.'d ro P'e.ca
paetrssrc owsl
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A paper on Innovative
Se ices of tho Nig€rian
Shippe6' Council since the Jirlt Afric.n ShippeE'
I
This paper
was present€d by MB G C Ob ozof who
€presenled trie Manag
ng Director.
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shm€nr of cooiirnatins
t-
. Sh pp€F RegistElion
Programme
' Formalon
of ShippebAssocalions
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t EnLightenmenl
Prosramnes
foi shippers
.
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EnllshiennentPrcgramm€sJorSetudePrcviders
. Ltisaton/Arbrfalion/cargo
'P & | Assstance to
r
. Trad€ InJorfration
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