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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 ...
Maritime
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria on Monday, announced its membership withdrawal from Council of Maritime Transport Unions and Association (COMTUA). This is coming barely a year that the combined transporters associations and union’s came together to float what is described as COMTUA. President General of the MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, in a statement disclosed ...
Maritime
The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has announced a new condition of service for staff of the agency. Jamoh at a press conference in Lagos at the weekend disclosed that the Head of Service for the Federation has approved the brand new condition of service, even as he ...
Maritime
Amidst the falling piracy incidence in the Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea since February when the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) deployed the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure popularly known as the Deep Blue Project, the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh ...
Maritime
The immediate past Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, over the weekend lamented that there is lack of synergy among maritime agencies in the maritime sector Bello who was giving his valedictory message in Lagos after completing his two terms as NSC boss lamented that it is quite unfortunate that some ...
Maritime
Amidst the falling piracy incidence in the Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea since February when the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) deployed the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure popularly known as the Deep Blue Project, the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh ...
Maritime
Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Comm. Duja Effedua has cleared the air on some media reports alleging an audit discovery of the alleged Infractions of N1.5billion from the academy’s account into a private account. When contacted by journalists, Effedua said the issue predates his appointment as the uncovered infractions happened before he was ...
Maritime
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has raised the alarm over record-high abandonments of vessels globally, in the maritime space, stressing that despite the worrisome figure, its inspectors recovered $45million on behalf of seafarers’ wages . According to a statement made available to journalists, the new figures released by the ITF showed that $44,613,880 of ...
Maritime
President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Thursday, June 10, in Lagos perform the official launch of the assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also known as the Deep Blue Project. Preparatory to the launch, the Maritime Security Unit (MSU) of the Deep Blue Project, comprising personnel from the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Army, ...
Maritime
...Says EFFC working on INTELS debt The suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has debunked claims that while in office, she unlawfully frustrated the port Authority contractors, including the Integrated Logistics Services Limited (INTELS). The suspended NPA boss in a statement on Sunday labelled the reports published by an ...
Maritime
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello has stated that the Council has a dream of building an international resource centre which will cost a whooping N15 billion in Jos, Plateau State. Bello stated this during the official commissioning of the council’s North Central coordinating office complex in Jos on Friday. According ...
Maritime
Truck owners and drivers operating at the Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports have decried the collapse of electronic call up system. The system was recently introduced by Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to manage truck movement and access to the Lagos ports. They lamented that a lot of export containers (perishable goods) were trapped and ...
Maritime
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Army have announced a plan to cooperate on the training and retraining of journalists and other public communication practitioners in the country’s security sector. This was the highpoint of a meeting in Lagos between the Management of NIMASA, led by the Director General, Dr. ...
Maritime
The Federal Government has disclosed that the developers of the Lekki Deep Seaport are working round the clock to complete the project before the end of fourth quarter of 2022. According to a statement by the Assistant Director Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Abuja, Anastasia Ogbonna, this was disclosed by ...
Maritime
Mercury Maritime Concession Company (MMCC) has secured a provisional approval from the Federal Government through the Ministry of Transportation to construct $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC-1) in Delta State. The project will be home to eight other projects including a deep seaport, a free trade zone, a crude oil refinery and gas complex ...
Maritime
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it has recruited 250 new cadets to man its various platforms in the Lagos-Bayelsa coastal corridor. The agency’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh made this known to journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday. Jamoh, who was represented by his Special Assistant on Communications and Strategy, Ubong ...
Maritime
Nigeria and the Inter Regional Coordination Centre (ICC) Yaoundé have formed a forum to galvanise regional and international efforts to ensure security in the Gulf of Guinea (GOG). Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum (GOG-MCF/SHADE) was floated after meetings between Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, representing ...
Business
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) have agreed to implement joint measures to reduce delay and corrupt practices at the country’s ports. This emerged in Lagos during a working visit to the NIMASA headquarters by the Executive Secretary of NSC, Barr. Hassan Bello. Both agencies of the ...
Maritime
The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) over the weekend lamented that Nigerians, since 2018, have been paying around N16bn annually as container deposit fees to foreign shipping companies. This is even, as the agency also revealed that its collaboration with the National Insurance Commission (NICOM) is expected to put an end to this arbitrary payment by ...
Maritime
In a bid to link the Apapa port with the standard gauge rail to evacuate containers and to reduce gridlock at the port environment, the Federal Government has said that the old scanner, other obstructing infrastructures will be demolished. The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi disclosed this on Monday after the technical ...