By Seun Ibiyemi 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…
By Seun Ibiyemi 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…
By Seun Ibiyemi 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…
By Seun Ibiyemi 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…
By Seun Ibiyemi 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…
By Seun Ibiyemi 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…
By Seun Ibiyemi 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…
…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…
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.…
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…
