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Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has assured that the International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) platform will not become an additional fiscal burden on Nigerian shippers. The Executive Secretary of NSC, Hon. Emmanuel Jime gave this assurance in Lagos today while engaging executives of Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN) at the NSC headquarters. Jime’s words,“The understanding we ...
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The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has said that with over $24billion in potential revenues and tens of thousands of direct and indirect jobs to be created via the Blue Economy, Nigeria must not be left out. In a post on his social media handles on ...
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), over the weekend, disclosed that the Tin-Can Island and the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, risk collapse if not rehabilitated soon. This was disclosed by the Managing Director of the NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, during an interview on Channels Television which was monitored. According to the NPA MD, “the Port of Tin-Can ...
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The bill to establish the Federal University of Transportation, Daura, Katsina State as a training institution for the development of transportation engineering, logistics and other courses of interest that will support post-modern transportation industry has been assented into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. The bill was passed by the Senate on the 6th of ...
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has announced that it is delving into the business of water transportation, following the suffering of its staff in navigating the Apapa traffic gridlock on daily basis. To this end, the agency said it has imported four ferry boats with 5-seater capacity to commence it’s transportation business. ...
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The board of Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited (LPLEL) – the promoters of Lekki Deep Sea Port – have approved the promotions of Weiliang Willian Zhong and Daniel Odibe as the new Chief Technical Officer and Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the company, respectively. Until his promotion, Weiliang Willian Zhong was Deputy Chief Operations Officer. ...
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The Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR has declared the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, a “Silver Level” Organization classed as Level 2, with a performance level of 74 per cent; which implies that the Agency’s performance meets expectations in essential areas of responsibility, resulting in an overall quality of work that is ...
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...Distributes lifejackets to ferry passengers To improve waterways safety and prepare for the rainy season, the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has commenced its yearly Waterways Safety Awareness Campaign to enlighten Ferry passengers about waterways safety rules and regulations. In a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect by Head, Public Affairs Unit Lagos State waterways Authority, ...
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The Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR has declared the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, a “Silver Level” Organization classed as Level 2, with a performance level of 74 per cent; which implies that the Agency’s performance meets expectations in essential areas of responsibility, resulting in an overall quality of work that is ...
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...Agency donates vehicles to MWUN ...Jamoh deserves a second tenure – Comrade Adeyanju The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, have restated their commitment to continuous stakeholders’ engagement as an effective tool to maintain the peace which the nation’s maritime sector has enjoyed ...
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)’s plan to renovate the Lagos centre of the Mission To Seafarers’ (MTS) is expected to improve Nigeria’s maritime image and the country’s quest to win the Category C council seat in the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The MTS centre has suffered abandonment over the years with the Managing Director, Mohammed ...
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Before now, Nigeria’s waters were described as the most dangerous in the world but the strict implementation of deep blue project and other anti-piracy programmes by the Dr Bashir Jamoh-led management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has led to decline in piracy in the last three years. Since the appointment of ...
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Afemale Mobile Harbour Crane operator; Perpetua Onyia, at Nigeria’s largest container terminal, APM Terminals Apapa, has expressed satisfaction with the work environment and opportunities given to her to thrive in her chosen career. Speaking last Wednesday at an event organised by the Lagos Port Complex Apapa to mark the 2023 International Women’s Day, Onyia said ...
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Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello –Koko has pledged that the management under his watch would continue to uphold gender equality at all levels in the organisation. Bello-Koko, who felicitated with women in NPA during this year’s global Women’s Day celebration with the theme: “DitgitAll Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality,” assured ...
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The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC)has surpassed the 35 per cent affirmative action of the United Nations on gender equality, Executive Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Jime, has said. Jime said this while celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) with the Women in Logistics and Transport Nigeria (WILAT), in Lagos recently. The event had the theme: “Embrace Equity through ...
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...It is an appreciation of his contribution to national development — Honourable Minister of State Transportation By Seun Ibiyemi The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, Odundun II has installed the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh (OFR) as the Baatona of Akure Kingdom. The Honourable ...
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The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr. Mohammed Bello Koko, has said that the rehabilitation of Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos, including Onne Port in Rivers State and Calabar Port in Cross River State will gulp $800 million. He said that the money will either come in as a loan ...
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A total of 7 distressed workers have been saved by the prompt response of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) following a distress call to the Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR. The call, which came in at about 11.30 pm on February 2, 2023, from the Safety Officer on MT ALIMA reported ...
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SIFAX Inland Container Terminal, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has achieved a massive feat by recording 8,736 hours of zero lost time to injury (LTI) during operations at the terminal. This was disclosed by Mr. Paul Linden, Managing Director, SIFAX Inland Container Terminal, during the company’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Week held recently. According ...
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The Council of Maritime Truck Unions and Associations (COMTUA) on Monday accused the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) of operating 20 illegal checkpoints where truckers are extorted daily. In a statement issued on Monday by the National President of COMTUA, Prince Adeyinka Aroyewun, the truckers lamented over daily extortion its members face in the ...