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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), yesterday, announced the appointment of 17 senior staff of the authority for greater port efficiency. According to a statement by the General Manager, Public Relations, Ibrahim Nasiru, the authority appointed seven new general managers and 10 as assistant general managers. He said the appointments were in line with the management’s ...
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The Shippers Association of Lagos (SAL) has said that apart from oil and gas, the maritime sector is critical for the economic growth of the country. The President of SAL, Rev. Jonathan Nicole, made this known in Lagos. Nicole added that for government to reap benefits from the sector, it should look into maritime problems ...
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The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, has urged stakeholders to leverage the use of Nigeria’s over 10,500km inland waterways to enhance transportation and boost the economy. Jamoh said this in a chat with journalists on Saturday, in Kaduna that the potential of the inland waterways was huge and that ...
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Council of Maritime Transport Union Associations (COMTUA) has lamented over extortion by security operatives working with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Electronic Call-up system and indiscriminate arrest of trucks. This is even as the group said that to put a stop to the seizure of its trucks by security operatives working with Eto, the association ...
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has so far generated N2.3 trillion revenue into the federation account in 2021. Mr Timi Bomodi, the Deputy National Public Relations Officer, NCS, disclosed this at a stakeholders/media engagement on trade facilitation in Lagos on Monday. Bomodi spoke on the topic: “Trade facilitation, a tool for enhanced revenue ...
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Nigeria’s largest container terminal, APM Terminals Apapa, handled a little above 8.1 million twenty equivalent units (TEU) of containers in the past 15 years. Terminal Manager of APM Terminals Apapa, Steen Knudsen, said container volumes at the terminal have increased by an average of 23 per cent annually over the past five years. “We handled ...
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The Executive Vice Chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Team on Apapa Gridlock, Dr Kayode Opeifa has blamed the inefficiency of terminal operators as reasons why rail line evacuation of cargoes from Apapa port is not well utilised. According to him, the train transports only 20 containers into the port per day, and it takes ...
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Again, Nigeria has lost its bid for election into Category ‘C’ of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This is coming after years of futile efforts to rejoin the elitist group of maritime nations since the nation lost its re-election bid in 2011. The new members of Category ‘C’ are Bahamas, Belgium, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, ...
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Rev. Jonathan Nicole, President, Shippers Association of Lagos, says maritime sector issues made Nigeria to lose a bid to secure a seat in the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council. Nicole made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday. He urged the Federal Government to urgently resolve ...
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Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has assured the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba of support and strengthened partnership in the fight against maritime crime. Jamoh at a meeting with the police IG in Abuja promised to extend the ongoing collaboration NIMASA is having with other security ...
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The Nigerian Content Monitoring and Development Board, NCMDB and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, have expended over N1.2billion in intervention projects at the Maritime University of Nigeria, Okerenkoko, Delta State, Nigeria, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Engr. Emmanuel Adigio has said. Speaking to journalists at the ongoing Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria, CIOTA ...
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Tuesday said that all 27 incidents of armed attack and piracy in quarter three were against vessels at port anchorages. Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director General of NIMASA disclosed this at the International Maritime Week (LIMWeek) 2021 with the theme: ‘Seafarers and Maritime Capacity at the Core ...
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SIFAX Group has appointed Mobolaji Musah as the new Managing Director, SIFAX Oil & Gas Limited while Olujimi Osho has been elevated as the Executive Director, Legal Services/Company Secretary. Musah, who has over 26 years experience in the Nigeria’s oil & gas industry, holds a Postgraduate degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Ibadan ...
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The General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr Damilola Emmanuel, on Thursday said the the Lagos State Government had trained 100 youths at Ijede in Ikorodu area on how to create wealth by recycling water hyacinth. Emmanuel disclosed this during the 5th Edition of Seven-Day Annual Water Hyacinth Recycling Initiative, organised by LASWA in ...
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Security challenges in the Gulf of Guinea states have impacted negatively on ports operations in Nigeria, this even as Nigeria and other countries in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), are losing billions of dollar to activities of piracy. Speaking over the weekend at the 2021 conference of Ports Facility Security Officers Forum of Nigeria (PFSOFN) ...
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The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has commenced the annual clearing and removal of water hyacinth across Jetties and terminals in the State. General Manager Lagos State waterways Authority, Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel while speaking to journalists on Friday explained that pegging and clearing of the Water Hyacinth have commenced at areas with very high infestation ...
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...As foreign Navies avert another maritime threat ...Pirates kill three, abduct seven oil workers in Bayelsa Months after Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) had announced the launching of $195m Deep Blue Project, the presence of pirates is still being felt. This is even foreign navies had announced their presence in Nigerian waters, with ...
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Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt As efforts to diversify the Nigerian economy continue, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has sounded it loud and clear that the Deep Blue Sea economy is the answer and has the potentials to turn around the country’s economy outside oil and gas. The Director General (DG) of NIMASA, ...
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The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has called on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to immediately release 17 dockworkers who are currently under detention over narcotics related issues aboard two vessels at the Lagos Seaports. The dockworkers were arrested onboard MV Cha Yaree Naree and MV Karteria both at Greenview Development Nigeria ...
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Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has received the prestigious Zik Leadership Prize in Public Policy for 2020. The organisers of the award, the Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC), said Dr. Jamoh was honoured for his giant strides in repositioning the Agency with initiatives that had ...