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Maritime
Barely a year after the Federal Executive Council (FEC), approved the purchase of $18.12million scanners for Port Harcourt and Tin Can Island ports to fast track port operations, Nigerian NewsDirect learnt that scanners are yet to be installed at the nation’s sea ports. In August 2018, a former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, announced that ...
Maritime
Stakeholders in Nigeria's Maritime sector have called for collaboration of efforts and support towards developing the fishery industry to a productive profile to boost economic growth in the Country. The stakeholders who made the call following a meeting held in Lagos to brainstorm on challenges facing the fishery Industry and how to chart a way ...
Maritime
The agonising traffic gridlock on the Apapa road leading to the port has constituted a major headache to the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), its Acting Managing Director, Alhaji Mohammed Bello-Koko, has said. Bello-Koko told journalists on Sunday in Lagos that the traffic congestion problem had defied solutions “for more than 10 years now.” With lots ...
Maritime
The Federal Government has withdrawn from Maritime Organization for West and Central Africa (MOWCA). This is coming as the body refused to appoint a Nigerian as Secretary-General despite its $5million contributions to its development. The Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Eric Ojiekwe on Monday in a statement explained that this followed disregard ...
Maritime
The House of Representatives member representing Badagry Federal Constituency, Hon. Babatunde Hunpe at the weekend assured his constituents that the Badagry Deep seaport project is still on course. This is even as he attributed the delay of the project to processes being taken to see to its actualisation. Hunpe gave the assurance on the sidelines ...
Maritime
The eight Nigerians, among them five members of the Maritime Workers of Nigeria (MWUN) kidnaped by gunmen in Rivers State waters on Monday have regained their freedom. The release of the abducted travellers, which occurred on Saturday evening is sequel to the intervension of the Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. ...
Business
...Promises stronger action against maritime criminals The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has condemned in very strong terms the kidnap on Monday of eight Nigerians, five of them members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), in Rivers State waters. Dr. Jamoh who expressed sadness over the ...
Crime
... Victory for the entire Maritime Industry – Jamoh ... Says NIMASA Ready to Tackle Criminalities in Gulf of Guinea A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today sentenced ten (10) pirates to a total of 48 years each in prison under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences, SPOMO ACT, for hijacking a Chinese fishing vessel, FV Hai Lu Feng II, ...
Maritime
Victory for the entire Maritime Industry – Jamoh • Says NIMASA ready to tackle criminalities in Gulf of Guinea A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today sentenced ten (10) pirates to a total of 48 years each in prison under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences, SPOMO ACT, for hijacking a Chinese ...
Maritime
Four days after suspected sea pirates kidnapped five of its members in Rivers State, the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has lamented over excessive ransom demanded by kidnappers. The union, therefore, warned that if nothing is done by the Rivers State government and security agencies ‘anytime soon’ to release their members, they will be ...
Maritime
Mr Segun Musa, a freight forwarder and Managing Director of Widescope International Group, on Wednesday called for creation of lighter terminals for freights to decongest Lagos ports. Musa made the call in an interview with journalists in Lagos. He said that lighter terminals and electronic call-up system would decongest the ports. He advised that other ...
Maritime
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said 21 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, frozen fish, container, bulk salt, bulk soya, petrol and butane gas. The NPA disclosed this in its publication, ‘Shipping Position,’ a copy of which was made available in Lagos on Tuesday. The NPA said it was also ...
Business
...Acknowledges effects of Nigeria’s Deep Blue Project in GoG ...We will not rest on our oars – NIMASA DG The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has given credence to Nigeria’s efforts in combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) including the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure also called the Deep Blue Project of ...
Maritime
The immediate past Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, has advised the Federal government to restructure the maritime Sector, this is coming as he called for CBN’s intervention. Speaking during the reception organized to honour him by the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Bello noted that the government should not ...
Maritime
...Graduates special mission vessels crew The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, has reiterated that assets deployed under the Deep Blue Project, recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari, are manned by proficient officers from the Nigerian Security Services. Dr. Bashir Jamoh, stated this in Lagos during the ...
Maritime
The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers, generated N78.17 billion revenue between January and June 2021, an official said. Mr Auwal Mohammed, the command’s Comptroller, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Mr Ifeoma Ojekwu, in Port Harcourt on Friday. He said the command generated N31.5 billion more above the ...
Maritime
The Lagos State Wharf Landing Fees Authority (LWLFA) has accused the Hadiza Bala-Usman-led administration of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) of frustrating its operations. LWLFA also accused the suspended Managing director of NPA of collecting its statutory wharf landing fees from all cargoes leaving the Lagos ports. Chairman of the LWLFA, Chief (Hon.), Gboyega Salvador-Adebayo has ...
Maritime
...Restructuring Nigerian Ship Registration office is On-going – Jamoh The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced the issuance of new certificates of ship registration while simultaneously phasing out the old permits. This is in a bid to ensure the utilisation of secured statutory certificates and prevent the entry of unseaworthy and sub-standard ...
Maritime
Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt The recent tariff increase by one of the terminal operators at Rivers Port of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) may not have gone down well with Authority, the landlord of the port. To that end, NPA said it has been trying to prevail on Port Terminal Operators Limited (PTOL) to reverse the ...
Maritime
The Shippers Association of Lagos (SAL) on Sunday pledged support for and cooperation to the newly-appointed Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Lyambee Jime. The SAL President, Rev. Jonathan Nicole, gave the assurance in an interview with journalists in Lagos. He said that supporting the NSC boss would strengthen shippers’ crusade ...