GMS: Uncertainty looms over Pakistani Shipbreaking yards

GMS: Uncertainty looms over Pakistani Shipbreaking yards

(WMN) The decision to halt shipbreaking activities at Gadani yards in Pakistan has left many fearing for the fate of new arrivals and clearance permissions on existing deals, according to GMS, a cash buyer of ships for recycling. Namely, the uncertainty...
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Peterside pledges to sustain reforms at NIMASA

Peterside pledges to sustain reforms at NIMASA

By Moses Ebosele   The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has restated that the present Management is on course in its bid to reform, reposition, restructure and reorganise the Agency.  D...
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CMA CGM to reorganise Asia, West Africa offering

CMA CGM to reorganise Asia, West Africa offering

With effect from March 2017, CMA CGM Group is to streamline its product offering from 5 to 4 direct weekly services on the Asia – West Africa market with an optimised port coverage: The new development entails: Withdrawal of WAX...
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Intels expresses support for FG’s economic agenda

Intels expresses support for FG’s economic agenda

Nigeria’s oil and gas logistics giant, Intels Nigeria Limited has declared full supports for  the Federal Government’s drive to expand and strengthen the nation’s economic base.  According to the Chief Executive Officer of Intels Nigeria Limited, Mr. A...
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Maritime sector, NUJ, critical to economic diversification, says NIMASA boss

Maritime sector, NUJ, critical to economic diversification, says NIMASA boss

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has urged the media, especially the maritime press to support the government’s drive to diversify the economy for growth and create alternativ...
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NIMASA seeks stakeholders input in port reforms

NIMASA seeks stakeholders input in port reforms

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called on Maritime stakeholders to make input in the ongoing Port Reform Agenda of the present administration in other to reposition the maritime i...
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NIMASA DG canvasses support for Govt programmes

NIMASA DG canvasses support for Govt programmes

 The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has urged professional bodies in the country to support Government programmes aimed at revamping the nation’s economy. This charge was given when m...
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New LNG Carrier Joins MISC Berhad’s Fleet

New LNG Carrier Joins MISC Berhad’s Fleet

Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC Berhad), a shipping arm of Petronas, held the naming and delivery ceremony of its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Seri Cenderawasih in Ulsan, South Korea. The 150,200 cbm carrier is the second ...
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Maritime stakeholders seal NJIC agreement

Maritime stakeholders seal NJIC agreement

To facilitate maritime trade and investment, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assured stakeholders in the industry of its commitment in ensuring that a friendly working environment is created in and around the port environmen...
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‘Amendments to MLC  2006 ensures adequate protection for seafarers, families’

‘Amendments to MLC 2006 ensures adequate protection for seafarers, families’

The first amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006  (MLC, 2006) which ensure better protection to seafarers and their families in case of abandonment, death and long-term disability entered into force on 18 January 2017. The amendments were approved...
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Ship wreck removal comes under scrutiny

Ship wreck removal comes under scrutiny

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is to revisit procedure of wreck removal from Nigerian waters Speaking at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Director General of the agency, Dakuku Peterside explained that...
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NPA pledges quarterly parley with stakeholders, seeks information on tariffs in West, Central Africa

NPA pledges quarterly parley with stakeholders, seeks information on tariffs in West, Central Africa

 The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authourity (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has pledged the commitment of the Authourity to interact more with stakeholders in 2017, “so as to be more in tune with happenings at the various ports”. To...
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Maritime operations: 50 firms bid for NNPC’s boat supply contract

Maritime operations: 50 firms bid for NNPC’s boat supply contract

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Sunday in Abuja said 50 companies had submitted bids for the supply of sea worthy tug boats on charter basis. NNPC, in a statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division,...
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‘Crew kidnappings reach decade high in 2016’

‘Crew kidnappings reach decade high in 2016’

More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching its lowest levels since 1998, according to the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) annual piracy report. In its 2016 report,...
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