Category: Maritime

ICC Seeks Trade Facilitation Partnership With Shippers’ Council 
October 13, 2022 No Responses

ICC Seeks Trade Facilitation Partnership With Shippers’ Council 

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has sought the collaboration of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to aid trade facilitation in Africa.  The Chairman, ICC Global Customs and Trade Commission, Mr Segun Olugboyegun made the call when he led a...
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Nigeria Seeks Synergy To Tackle Piracy In Gulf Of Guinea
October 12, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Seeks Synergy To Tackle Piracy In Gulf Of Guinea

The Federal Government on Tuesday called for more synergy among the stakeholders to tackle headlong the perennial problems of regional piracy activities in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) nations.The Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, m...
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NIMASA Boss Extols Staff, Stakeholders
October 11, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA Boss Extols Staff, Stakeholders

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has stated that stakeholders would continue to occupy premium position in the life of NIMASA, noting that it is the stakeholders who keep the Agency and...
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Grimaldi Marks 75th Anniversary, Invest In 12 New Eco-Friendly Vessels 
October 11, 2022 No Responses

Grimaldi Marks 75th Anniversary, Invest In 12 New Eco-Friendly Vessels 

Italian shipping major, Grimaldi Group is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a new round of investments in green vessels and port stake acquisitions. Under the arrangement,  Grimaldi has signed a contract for the construction of two car carriers o...
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NIMASA To Engage Cadets Protesting In Philippines
October 9, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA To Engage Cadets Protesting In Philippines

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)is to engage the National Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) 2013 cadets protesting at Nigerian embassy in the Philippines.  In a statement issued on Saturday, NIMASA said:  “We wish...
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Stakeholders Seek Infrastructure To Tap $9trn Maritime Resources 
October 8, 2022 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Infrastructure To Tap $9trn Maritime Resources 

Stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to provide adequate infrastructure to tap the $9 trillion resources in the maritime industry.  They explained in Lagos that adequate infrastructure was the only way one million jobs could be accessed by the joble...
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SMEDAN Pledges To Push Nigeria’s Export Target To $35b
October 7, 2022 No Responses

SMEDAN Pledges To Push Nigeria’s Export Target To $35b

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), on Thursday in Abuja pledged to push Nigeria’s export target further to $35billion over the next five years. The Director-General of SMEDAN, Mr Olawale Fasanya said this at the closing....
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Employment Clinic Implores Maritime Operators On One Million Jobs Offer
October 6, 2022 No Responses

Employment Clinic Implores Maritime Operators On One Million Jobs Offer

To reduce unemployment in Nigeria, an advocacy group, Employment Clinic on Tuesday organised a stakeholders meeting where government agencies and private investors operating in the nations maritime industry brainstormed with thousands of unemployed youths to s...
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ExxonMobil, Tata NYK Shipping Complete Biofuel Bunkering Operation
October 5, 2022 No Responses

ExxonMobil, Tata NYK Shipping Complete Biofuel Bunkering Operation

American oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil has completed a commercial bio-based marine fuel oil bunkering in the port of Singapore. On 26 September, Singapore-based Tata NYK Shipping, a joint venture of Tata Steel and NYK Line, deployed its Sagar series...
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Minister Lauds NIMASA’s Capacity Development Initiatives
October 4, 2022 No Responses

Minister Lauds NIMASA’s Capacity Development Initiatives

The Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has commended the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for its capacity development initiative in the Nigerian maritime sector. He further applauded the Agency f...
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Govt, Stakeholders Explain Agenda For One Million Jobs In Maritime Sector
October 4, 2022 No Responses

Govt, Stakeholders Explain Agenda For One Million Jobs In Maritime Sector

Determined to reduce unemployment in the country, industry stakeholders and top government officials will on Tuesday meet to discuss how to create one million jobs in the maritime sector for youths within one year.  The event, being initiated by the...
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Concession Agreement: NPA Conculdes Report, Seeks FG’s  Approval 
October 1, 2022 No Responses

Concession Agreement: NPA Conculdes Report, Seeks FG’s  Approval 

The  management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), at the weekend, disclosed that the concession agreement with five terminal operators that have expired have been concluded. According to NPA, the report would be submitted to the Federal Ministry of Trans...
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CMA CGM Unveils Agenda To Offset Carbon Emissions 
October 1, 2022 No Responses

CMA CGM Unveils Agenda To Offset Carbon Emissions 

French container and logistics company CMA CGM Group has launched ‘TEUs to Trees’, an early container return incentive program designed to increase climate change mitigation in the United States while assisting in the overall effort to improve both the flu...
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World Maritime Day: NPA Pledges To Galvanize Stakeholders, Preserve Environment
September 30, 2022 No Responses

World Maritime Day: NPA Pledges To Galvanize Stakeholders, Preserve Environment

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com   — The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)has reiterated its commitment to galvanize stakeholder opinion and preserve the environment.   Addressing stakeholders at the 2022 World Maritime Day celebration on ...
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