Category: Maritime

NIMASA To Nigerians In Diaspora: Invest In Maritime Sector
May 8, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA To Nigerians In Diaspora: Invest In Maritime Sector

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has called on Nigerians in diaspora to consider investing in the country’s maritime sector, describing it as the next big thing packed with assets to fuel the growth of the economy.  NIMASA’s...
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Seafarers Happiness Index Down In Q1
May 7, 2023 No Responses

Seafarers Happiness Index Down In Q1

The Mission to Seafarers has published the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report for Q1 2023, revealing a decline in overall happiness levels among seafarers during the first three months of the year. The Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) report covers ten...
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Experts Implore African Maritime Players On Energy Transition Training For Seafarers
May 6, 2023 No Responses

Experts Implore African Maritime Players On Energy Transition Training For Seafarers

As the maritime industry transitions to a low and zero-carbon future, African maritime players are being advised to implement new training infrastructure for seafarers to adapt to the ongoing continent’s green transition. Speakers at ‘Unlocking Green Marit...
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Shippers’ Council Facilitates Release Of 50 Impounded Export Cargoes
May 6, 2023 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Facilitates Release Of 50 Impounded Export Cargoes

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) said it facilitated the release of over 50 impounded containers of export cargoes belonging to members of the Niger Shippers’ Association. According to the Council’s latest edition of its in-house bulletin called Comp...
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Ondo Submits FBC For $1b Deep Seaport To NPA
May 5, 2023 No Responses

Ondo Submits FBC For $1b Deep Seaport To NPA

As part of its commitment to creating an enabling atmosphere for the construction of more deep seaports after Lekki Deep Seaport (which is already operational), and Badagry Deep Seaport, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Kok...
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Shippers’ Council Mourns Margaret Orakwusi
May 4, 2023 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Mourns Margaret Orakwusi

The Board and Management of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) have paid a condolence visit to the family of late Barr. Mrs. Margaret Orakwusi.  In a condolence letter presented by Mallam Samaila Abdullahi, the Chairman of the Council’s Gove...
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Maersk Reports $5.7b Drop In Q1 Profit
May 4, 2023 No Responses

Maersk Reports $5.7b Drop In Q1 Profit

Danish container shipping major Maersk has reported a massive drop in its ocean revenue for the first quarter of this year, plunging by $5.7 billion to $9.9 billion year-on-year amid lower freight rates and softened demand. Last year saw a...
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Ghana Understudies Nigerian Cabotage Regime
May 4, 2023 No Responses

Ghana Understudies Nigerian Cabotage Regime

The Ghanaian Maritime Authority (GMA) has commenced a 10- Day programme to understudy the implementation of the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act also known as the Cabotage Law in Nigeria under a collaborative arrangement with the Nigerian Maritime Administratio...
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Reps Suspend $700m Cabotage Fund Disbursement
May 3, 2023 No Responses

Reps Suspend $700m Cabotage Fund Disbursement

The House of Representatives has advised the federal government to suspend the planned disbursement of the $700 million in the Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund to Nigerian shippers. The House, in a motion moved by Henry Nwawuba (APGA, Imo) on Tuesday...
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NIMASA DG Pays Condolence Visit To Orakwusi’s Family
May 2, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA DG Pays Condolence Visit To Orakwusi’s Family

The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, paid a condolence visit to the home of Late Barr. (Mrs.) Margaret Orakwusi, in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday.  Orakwusi died on April 28th, 2023, a...
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Shipping Firm Receives World’s Largest Liquefied Gas Carrier
April 29, 2023 No Responses

Shipping Firm Receives World’s Largest Liquefied Gas Carrier

Jiangnan Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered the world’s largest Very Large Liquefied Gas Carrier (VLGC) to Singapore-based shipping and trading company Petredec. According to World Maritime News, this marks a si...
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NIMASA, Presidential Amnesty Programme To Engage Youths In Maritime Opportunities
April 27, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA, Presidential Amnesty Programme To Engage Youths In Maritime Opportunities

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR has stated that inter-agency collaboration is critical to sustaining the efforts to curb criminal activities in the Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Gu...
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Benin Port To Project Local Capacity In Maritime Sector
April 25, 2023 No Responses

Benin Port To Project Local Capacity In Maritime Sector

The Chairman of the Benin Port Project, Engr. Greg Ogbeifun, has assured that the ten Edo indigenes undergoing studies under the Nigerian Seafarers Development programme (NSDP) scholarship scheme will be engaged as pioneer staff of the Benin Port. In a...
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APMT Regional Director Visits Shippers’ Council
April 22, 2023 No Responses

APMT Regional Director Visits Shippers’ Council

APM Terminals’ Regional Managing Director, Africa and Europe, Igor van den Essen, recently, visited the corporate head office of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) where he expressed the commitment of the global terminal operator to work with the c...
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