By Godfrey Bivbere
African shipping stakeholdershave accused their foreign counterparts of using fellow Africans to ensure that the continents shipping capacity does not grow.
The stakeholders explained that these foreign shipping lines who are afraid of competition from their African counterparts and as such do everything within their power to ensure that the shipping sector does not grow in the continent, especially in the West and Central African sub-region.
Speaking of the activities of foreign shipping lines, former President of them Indigenous Ship owners Association, ISAN now Nigeria Ship owners Association, NISA, Isaac Jolapamo, first raised the alarm when cried out over a decade ago that the foreign shipping lines were planning to kill shipping in the sub-region.
Jolapamo said then that they have succeeded in crippling shipping activities in most countries in the sub-region and were aiming to do same in Nigeria.
