NPA Photo News

NPA Photo News

 The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (Middle), receives a portrait from Pilot Nkopuyo Abraham (2nd left), Pilot Abiodun Ogunpitan (left), Pilot Otobing Ekam (2nd right) and Pilot Jumbo Hope (right) during  a working visit to  the...
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British Ports Welcome Brexit Deal

British Ports Welcome Brexit Deal

The British Ports Association (BPA) has reservedly welcomed the news that a Brexit deal was agreed on Thursday  between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Under the new deal, Northern Ireland will remain part of the UK’s customs territory...
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Daewoo Secures $762m Contract For Five Containerships

Daewoo Secures $762m Contract For Five Containerships

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has received a contract for the construction of five large containerships.Signed on October 14, the contract is worth KRW 903.9 billion (about USD 762 million), DSME said in a stock e...
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Lagos Port Records Highest Incidents As Global Piracy Declines

Lagos Port Records Highest Incidents As Global Piracy Declines

The first nine months of this year saw fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships than the corresponding period of 2018, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its latest report.However, the Gulf of Guinea remained a high...
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NPA Photo News

NPA Photo News

 L-R: The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, the President of Women in Maritime Africa-Nigeria (WIMAFRICA-NIGERIA) Hajia Bola Muse, at the Annual Conference of WIMAFRICA-NIGERIA in Lagos.
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From left Hajia Lami Tumaka, Director of Special Duties, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman; President of WIMA Nigeria, Hajia Bola Muse; and Hajia Aisha Musa,...
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Shippers Council Donates Household Items To Kano Old People’s Home, VVF centre

Shippers Council Donates Household Items To Kano Old People’s Home, VVF centre

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has donated some household itemś to the Kano State Old People’s Home and the Vesico Virginal Fistula (VVF) centre in the state.The items presented to the beneficiaries by the Executive Secretary of the NSC, Mr...
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Navy Rescues 329 Spain-Bound Migrants

Navy Rescues 329 Spain-Bound Migrants

The Moroccan navy said it rescued 329 Spain-bound migrants in the Mediterranean from October 10 to October 13, 2019.Official news agency MAP quoted a military source as saying that the migrants, mostly sub-Saharan nationals, were trying to cross the Strait...
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NIWA To Conduct Psychiatric Test On Boat Drivers

NIWA To Conduct Psychiatric Test On Boat Drivers

Boat Drivers in Warri, Delta State  will soon be subjected to Psychiatric examination as part of measures  to address issues of reckless driving.Speaking on Tuesday in Warri, Delta State,  Area Manager of  National Inland Waterways Authorit...
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Firm Secures $376.8m Order For LNG Carrier

Firm Secures $376.8m Order For LNG Carrier

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has received a contract for the construction of two LNG carriers for unidentified American customers. According to the company, the deal is worth KRW 446.5 billion (USD 376.8 million). Schedul...
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NPA Photo News

NPA Photo News

The Representative of the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Dr. Sokonte Huttin Davies (Standing 6th From Left), the Executive Director, Finance& Admin, Mohammed Bello-Koko (5th From Left) and ...
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NPA Photo News

NPA Photo News

L-R: The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman and the leader of the Steering Committee Members of the Maritime Anti- Corruption Network (MACN), Soji Apampa, when the Committee paid a working visit to the Management of the...
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Global Maritime Security Conference Communiqué

Global Maritime Security Conference Communiqué

Delegates at the Global Maritime Security Conference (GMSC) rose yesterday from the three days engagement from Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th October, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, with a firm declaration to globally criminalise acts of insecur...
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Report: Shipping Confidence Drops As Trade Wars Intensify

Report: Shipping Confidence Drops As Trade Wars Intensify

Confidence in the shipping industry fell in the past three months to its lowest level for two and half years, according to shipping adviser and accountant BDO.Yet owners, charterers and managers were more confident than they were at the time...
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