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...Agency Vital Organ of Economic Development – Court of Appeal President The Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences (SPOMO) Act, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in June 2019, is producing a better appreciation of Nigeria’s determination to end piracy and sea robbery in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea. Director-General of Nigerian ...
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By Moses Adeniyi The Lagos Government (LASG) has flagged off the commencement of the First Phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line Project, which is projected to move its first passenger in the fourth quarter of 2022. Accompanying the flag-off ceremony was the presentation of compensation cheques to the Project Affected Persons ...
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Barth Ndubuwah,Port Harcourt In a bid to have smooth operations at the ports,in line with the ease-of-doing-business policy of the federal government, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) Tuesday organized a one day workshop in Port Harcourt,the Rivers State capital to sensitize stakeholders in the maritime industry on the implementation of the Nigerian Port Process Manual(NPPM). ...
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The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) said the inter-agency committee has again clamped down on six unseaworthy barges operating illegally within the Lagos inland waterways. Recall that following increasing reports of abuses of process in the operation of barges and private jetties, the joint operations team in March clamped down on some unseaworthy barges while ...
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Despite the gridlock rocking the Apapa Port access road, the Apapa Command, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it facilitated the exportation of cargoes worth N41.6billion in the first quarter of 2021. The command also generated a whooping N160bilion from the importation of raw materials and finished goods in the months under review. This was disclosed ...
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The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Tin-Can Island Port command has generated N112,696,693,158 billion in the first quarter of 2021. The Customs Area Controller, Mr Mba Musa, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos on Friday. According to Musa, the revenue earnings for the for the first quarter, which stood at N112,695,693,158.66, ...
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The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) on Friday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government on the need to compel International Oil Companies (IOCs) over refusal to allow Stevedoring Contractors and Dockworkers into their operational areas as stipulated by law. According to a statement signed by the President-General and Secretary-General of MWUN, Prince ...
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The proposed national transport policy will unlock untapped potentials in the Maritime sector and the African Continental Free trade Area (AFCTA) the federal government has said. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and the Minister of State, Gbemisola Saraki stated this in Abuja at the Annual Ministerial Press Briefing on Landmark Programmes, Projects and Activities of ...
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The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has deployed newly recruited female water guards to jetties and terminals within the state inland waterways. Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, LASWA’s General Manager, said in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday that the move was to ensure efficient operations. He said that the agency’s operational outreach was being enhanced in ...
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The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has begun move to modify tariff charged by service providers in Nigerian ports in order to put an end to imposition of arbitrary charges on port users. The council is responsible for the validation and publication of the guidelines in line with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council Port Economic Regulations 2015 ...
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Amidst a debilitating traffic gridlock that has failed to abate despite series of government and private sector interventions, Nigerian shippers are lamenting the loss of an estimated N750 billion occasioned by high cost of doing business and delay in cargo clearance in the port arising from challenges of poor ports access roads. Faced with these ...
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The toll on seafarers continues to rise in the Gulf of Guinea with reports that eight crew members have been kidnapped. The threat to seafarers remains high in the region with the security services warning that additional incidents are likely in the coming days. The latest incident, the ninth this month according to Dryad Global, ...
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has taken delivery of some of its deepblue assets which includes Special Mission Aircrafts, as part of its Deep Blue Project which seeks to ensure secured and safer Nigerian waterways. Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh announced this on Sunday, saying that the deep blue assets ...
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The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) has revealed that two Master Mariners are set to join the Academy in a week time and four more will be joining in a month time. Disclosing this in a statement issued on Thursday by the Alumni of Maritime Academy of Nigeria (AMANO), the Rector of the Academy, Commodore ...
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In a great leap forward in dockworkers’ welfare, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has midwifed the signing of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on a revised minimum wage and improved living standard for dockworkers. The deal on “reviewed minimum standard for the dock labour industry” between the seaport terminal operators and dockworkers ...
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Ship owners and Master Mariners have commended NIMASA and the Nigerian Navy for securing the Lagos anchorage area and ensuring that there has been no pirate attack after the cancellation of the OMSL contract by the Federal Government about two months ago. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari recently cancelled the controversial Lagos Secure Anchorage Area ...
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SIFAX Logistics Company Limited, one of SIFAX Group’s subsidiaries whose business offerings include haulage, clearing and forwarding, groupage and shipping, is set to increase its operational capacity through the injection of 25 new trucks to boost its operations. The General Manager, Haulage, Adewale Adetayo said there is a need to make the investment in order ...
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The management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has said that Lagos-Onitsha Barge Operations will decongest Apapa seaport, this even as the authority met with critical stakeholders to further fine-tune the ongoing efforts The meeting according to the Managing Director of NIWA Dr. George Moghalu, was to review challenges that may stall the proposed ...
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Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has stated that the coming of the Nigeria Maritime University was instrumental in bringing about peace and reconciliation in the Niger Delta following a period of fierce agitation for economic justice in the region. He stated this in Asaba during a courtesy visit by Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime ...
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Gov. Dr Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has pledged to partner the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to build a virile blue economy in the country. Okowa made the pledge in a statement signed by Mr Philip Kyanet, Head, Corporate Communications, NIMASA, on Friday in Lagos. Okowa said that the blue economy would also ...