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After years of untold hardship and deaths, sanity during the weekend returned to Apapa, a once thriving port city brought to its knees by protracted traffic gridlock. This followed the take off of the electronic call-up system (ETO) introduced by Nigeria Port Authority (NPA). The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu reacting to the sanity ...
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The Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA0 have intensified efforts to protect, and deter threats around vessels anchored in the Secure Anchorage Area (SAA), off the coast of Lagos. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, announced this in Lagos during a courtesy visit by the Shipping Association of Nigeria ...
Maritime
Despite the prevailing traffic congestion around the Lagos ports with its attendant consequences for businesses, the inland container depots owned by SIFAX Group recorded a total of 49,835 TEUs for the 2020 business year. This, however, represents a slight drop in performance compared to 2019 when the off docks grossed 50,452 TEUs. SIFAX off dock ...
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...Approves 8 truck parks In a bid to tackle gridlock at the seaport and its environment, the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) has said that trucks without call-up found on the port access road will be impounded. This is coming as the agency licensed eight Truck parks, to flag off its February 27th Electronic call-up system. ...
Maritime
The Managing Director, Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited (Lekki Port), Mr. Du Ruogang has reaffirmed that the delivery of the Lekki Deep Sea Port project would go a long way in helping the nation to bridge the gap in the Nigeria’s maritime infrastructure in the shortest time possible. Ruogang made this known recently while participating ...
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The Federal Government has been called upon to prioritise access to COVID-19 vaccination for seafarers and dockworkers. Spokesman of the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Dr. Bolaji Akinola, who made the call at the weekend, said seafarers and port workers had been designated as essential workers by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety ...
Maritime
The Federal Government has been urged to prioritise access to COVID-19 vaccination for Nigerian seafarers and dockworkers in the maritime industry. Spokesman of the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Dr. Bolaji Akinola, in a statement in Lagos at the weekend, said Nigeria has abundant logistics capacity to transport and store the COVID-19 vaccines ...
Maritime
The Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s strides in the transportation sector as a key to unlocking Nigeria’s economic development potentials. Amaechi said, linking different transportation infrastructure like rails to seaports and roads as is being done by the current administration will quickly drive the economy of the country ...
Maritime
...Jamoh canvasses investment in wreck recycling The National Maritime Transport Policy being developed by Nigeria is of interest in Belgium for windows of investment opportunity. Executive officers of the Port of Antwerp International stated this in Lagos during a meeting with Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh. Jamoh ...
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The Federal Government announced at the weekend that the Apapa Port railway, which is an extension of the Lagos Ibadan rail has been completed. This was announced by the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on digital and new media, Tolu Ogunlesi. Also confirming this to journalists manager of Nigerian Railway Authority (NRC) Mr Jerry ...
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The former National President, Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSACGOC) , NPA Branch, Comrade Yau Gora Adamu has described the reappointment of Hadiza Bala Usman, Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA) by President Muhammadu Buhari as a blessing to the maritime industry Yay in a statement made available to ...
Maritime
Stakeholders in haulage operations of the maritime sub sector have faulted the newly introduced call up system by the Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA) for trucks entry into the nation’s seaports, saying lack of functional holding bays by shipping companies will definitely frustrate the laudable project. Management of the NPA over the weekend launched ETO ...
Maritime
SIFAX Group, a group of companies with investment in Maritime, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Haulage & Logistics, Financial Services and Hospitality, has announced two new executive appointments. Oyebode Ojeniyi and Olujimi Osho joined as Group Executive Director, Corporate Services and Group Head, Legal Services/Company Secretary respectively. Ojeniyi, an astute financial expert with over twenty-five years’ ...
Maritime
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has again reiterated its commitment to all waterways users’ safety in the state. The General Manager, LASWA, Mr. Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, in a statement said all boat operators must adhere strictly to night travel restrictions placed on all ferry to avoid heavy sanctions. The General Manager further directed that all ...
Maritime
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has declared its intention to work in partnership with the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the fight against piracy and other crimes in the country’s maritime domain. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Jamoh, during a ...
Maritime
...Agency working on empowerment programmes in coastal communities – Jamoh The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has declared its intention to work in partnership with the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the fight against piracy and other crimes in the country’s maritime domain. Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this in Abuja ...
Maritime
The Nigerian Navy said it has nabbed 24 suspects for illegal bunkering within Lagos – Ondo coastal region. The Navy also reiterated that it will continue to secure the maritime environment for law-abiding Nigerians, to go about their legitimate economic and commercial activities peacefully. The Commanding Officer of the Forward Operating Base (FOB), of the ...
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The Lagos State Ferry Services (LAGFERRY) has said that the service moved 41, 040 trucks through barges in Apapa ports between January and December 2020 to decongest gridlock in Lagos. Mr Abdoulbaq Balogun, LAGFERRY Managing Director, made the disclosure during a two-day Strategic Management Workshop for management of Lagos Ferry Services with the Theme “Resilience ...
Business
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has said the Badagry Deep Seaport project in Lagos State is a strategic step towards the development of Nigeria as a global maritime hub. Jamoh stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the paramount ruler of Badagry Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, ...
Maritime
Importers and agents at the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, have urged China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), the contractor handling the construction of rail line at the port, to ensure that it does not disrupt the movement of containers in and out of the port. The port users believe that the disruption of the movement ...