Section 18: Cargo control and sharing.

(1) The Authority shall ensure that Nigerian vessels carry Nigeria's share of cargo in volume and earnings, in accordance with the provisions of this Act or any other form of cargo sharing arrangement entered or agreed to by the Authority or by the Federal Government.
(2) For the purpose of cargo sharing, all Nigerian national carriers in a trade shall be regarded as a single group of shipping lines.
(3) The choice of cargo control and sharing methods desired by this section, shall be achieved by the administrative arrangements.