Maritime

NIMASA DG: SPOMO Act improving Nigeria’s Image

…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…

Rivers: NSC sensitizes stakeholders on NPPM

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…

NIWA spearheads clampdown on six barges in Lagos

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…

Customs generates N160bn at Apapa Port in Q1

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…

LASWA deploys newly recruited female water guards

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…