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The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko has raised alarm over the collapsing state of Tin-Can Island Port, Onne port, Delta, and Calabar ports, calling for immediate government intervention. The Acting MD stated this at first retreat for the reconstituted Board of Directors of the Authority, which had as a ...
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Given a recent misunders tanding among ferry operators in the Ikorodu axis of Lagos, the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has issued a statement to clarify and reiterate that membership of any association or union is not a prerequisite to operate on the Lagos inland waterways. In a statement issued on Monday signed by the ...
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The Advocacy For Maritime Development Association of Nigeria (AMDAN) has harped on the need for information sharing with management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) as part of measures to address issues bothering on extortion and improve on the electronic call up system within the port environment. President of AMDAN, Segun Alabi made this known ...
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The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has said that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) was set up as a regulator of maritime security and safety, that generating revenue is not enshrined in the Act establishing the agency. This is even as the Minister revealed that the Nigerian Ports Authority ...
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Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has announced the completion of the National Freight Office (NFO) in Illela, Sokoto State. Amaechi disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr Eric Ojiekwe, Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, in Abuja on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the statement was issued ...
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APM terminals Apapa on Thursday hosted truck drivers plying the sterminal as part of events to mark its 2021 Global Safety Day. The event, which held at the Lilypond Truck Park, Ijora, Lagos, also featured a series of safety talks and the presentation of over 1,000 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the truckers. ...
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The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has restated the need for enhanced stakeholder collaboration in tackling maritime security challenges in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea. Dr. Jamoh made this call in a paper presentation titled, “Enhancing Collaboration amongst Stakeholders for Improved Maritime Security in Nigeria,” at the ...
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The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says work will soon commence for the construction of Bonny Deep Seaport. Amaechi, in a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transport, Mr Eric Ojiekwe, disclosed this when he visited the proposed site for the project. The minister noted that in choosing the ...
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has called for greater synergy between it and the Federal Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (FDFA). The call was to ensure safety of fishing vessels and their operators in Nigeria. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made the call in a statement on Friday, signed ...
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has finally migrated from physical archiving to digitalization up to work flow via Electronic Documents Management Solution (EDMS), even as it commissioned a state-of-the-art ultra modern e-Documents Management and Records centre at its Corporate Headquarters in Marina Lagos. The Acting Managing Director of the Authority, Mohammed Bello Koko who unveiled ...
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The Tin Can Island command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has once again uncovered a pistol and its magazine inside a Toyota Camry car at the port complex in Lagos. Recall that the command had in 2017 intercepted 1,585 pieces of pump action rifles imported into the country from Turkey. In a press statement ...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Commodore Emmanuel Duja Effedua (rtd), as the Rector of Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, Akwa Ibom State for another term of four years. Effedua who was first appointed on November 17, 2017, as Rector of the academy will continue in office effective September 2, 2021, the Director ...
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Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has confirmed participation at the forthcoming Nigeria International Maritime Summit (NIMS) scheduled to hold between Oct. 5 and Oct. 6 in Lagos. Amaechi made the confirmation when a delegation from the event’s Governing Board and Advisory Council visited him on Friday in Abuja. The minister noted the importance of business-to-business ...
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The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Mohammed Bello-Koko has assured that the management under his watch is working towards repositioning the nation’s seaports and the authority for greater efficiency, safety and accountability. The Managing Director, who spoke at the just concluded strategic retreat organised for the top management cadre, said that ...
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Ship-owners in Nigeria have said, they won’t protest the non-disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF), following the recent statement by the Minister of Transportation; Mr Rotimi Amaechi, that the disbursement is being withheld by the Minister of Finance. The CVFF, which currently stands at over $200million and warehoused in the Treasury Single Accounts ...
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The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has said that vessels calling at Nigerian ports now spend 21-day at anchorage, compared to other neighbouring ports like Tema Port in Ghana where they spend 24-hour. This is even as the Council accused other government agencies in the maritime sector of frustrating the United Nations Conference on Trade and ...
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Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Friday donated some relief materials to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to empower Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the FCT. NIMASA’s Director-General, Bashir Jamoh, said the donation was part of the agency’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), adding that the gesture would ensure the wellbeing of the ...
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday said 16 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods were expected at the Lagos ports from Aug.13 to Aug. 28. The NPA stated that the ships also contained general cargo, bulk malt, bulk sugar, container, trucks, bulk gypsum, bulk soya bean, bulk wheat and frozen fish. ...
Maritime
The Acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Muhammed Bello- Koko, has expressed concern over multiple Customs checkpoints, creating cargo clearance delays at the nation’s ports. Speaking to journalists on the sideline of a two- day retreat organised by the Federal Ministry of Transportation, in Lagos, Bello-Koko also decried the manual inspection of goods by ...
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The Nigerian Navy has just taken inventory of an assortment of 50 assault gunboats, high-speed interceptor boats, patrol boats, houseboats, HD cameras and surveillance drones to tackle economic crimes and sabotage in the nation’s marine territory. The assets, which were donated by Aiteo at NNS Pathfinder, Rivers State, include 21 gunboats, 14 operational/patrol boats, seven ...