Category: Maritime

Shippers Council Boss: Ship Operators Adopting Green Shipping
September 15, 2022 No Responses

Shippers Council Boss: Ship Operators Adopting Green Shipping

Ship operators are adopting green shipping aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, said on Wednesday at the 2022 Lagos International Maritime Week (LIMW).  The week had the theme, ‘New Technologies...
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Study: Mobile Shore Power Is Fit For Smaller Ports
September 14, 2022 No Responses

Study: Mobile Shore Power Is Fit For Smaller Ports

Mobile shore power solutions are particularly suitable for smaller ports or in port sections that are less utilised, a new study finds.  Commissioned by NOW, the study entitled ‘Mobile shore power – technological possibilities and prerequisites‘, co...
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Lekki Deep Seaport: NPA, Shippers Council, Brainstorm On Tariff Structure For Chad, Niger, Others
September 13, 2022 No Responses

Lekki Deep Seaport: NPA, Shippers Council, Brainstorm On Tariff Structure For Chad, Niger, Others

As the Lekki Deep Seaport gets set for operations, landlocked countries of Chad, Mali and Niger Republic have indicated an interest in routing their cargoes through Nigeria.    Already, the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA) and Nigeria Shippers Counci...
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Minister To NIMASA: Deploy Modular Floating Dockyard  
September 13, 2022 No Responses

Minister To NIMASA: Deploy Modular Floating Dockyard  

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Mu’azuJaji Sambo has charged the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to ensure prompt deployment of the Modular Floating Dockyard the Agency acquired sometimes ago.&n...
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NIS Seeks Partnership With NIMASA On Issuance Of Travel Documents To Seafarers
September 9, 2022 No Responses

NIS Seeks Partnership With NIMASA On Issuance Of Travel Documents To Seafarers

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has appealed to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to partner with it on the issuance of travel documents to seafarers.  The Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr Isah Jere, made the app...
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NIWA Lays Foundation For Modern Boat Station In Yauri 
September 9, 2022 No Responses

NIWA Lays Foundation For Modern Boat Station In Yauri 

The National Inland Water Ways (NIWA) has laid the foundation of a modern boat station, tagged “Passenger Lounge”, at Yauri, Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ceremony also featured the...
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Shipping Firm Seals LNG Carriers Deal With China’s ENN
September 9, 2022 No Responses

Shipping Firm Seals LNG Carriers Deal With China’s ENN

Japanese shipping heavyweight, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has signed a long-term charter contract for three new building LNG carriers with ENN LNG (Singapore) Pte., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese ENN Natural Gas. The vessels will be constructed at Hudong-Zhongh...
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Samsung, Daewoo, Secure $2.35 Order For Eleven LNG Carriers  
September 7, 2022 No Responses

Samsung, Daewoo, Secure $2.35 Order For Eleven LNG Carriers  

The world’s largest shipbuilders are tapping into the surging demand for LNG carriers. South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) has revealed a combined order for 11 LNG carriers worth approxima...
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NIMASA Unveils e-Platform To Register Dockworkers
September 7, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA Unveils e-Platform To Register Dockworkers

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Tuesday inaugurated an electronic platform for the registration and issuance of biometric identity cards to dockworkers.  Director-General, Dr Bashir Jamoh said at the inauguration ceremon...
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APM Terminals Apapa Sets New Safety Record
September 6, 2022 No Responses

APM Terminals Apapa Sets New Safety Record

APM Terminals Apapa has set a new safety record at the port with 400 days of no Lost Time Injury (LTI).  No Lost Time Injury (LTI), a key indicator of the effectiveness of an organisation’s safety programme, means no injury...
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FG To Fix Port Infrastructure As Bello-Koko Assures of Bonny Deep Seaport Approval
September 5, 2022 No Responses

FG To Fix Port Infrastructure As Bello-Koko Assures of Bonny Deep Seaport Approval

The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo has promised that the federal government will address issues of infrastructural decay affecting trade facilitation at Onne Seaport. Sambo who stated this during a tour of the Eastern ports with Onne as the first...
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NIWA Seeks Proper Funding, Infrastructure
September 4, 2022 No Responses

NIWA Seeks Proper Funding, Infrastructure

Huge opportunities in the nation’s waterways can be maximised if there are infrastructure and proper funding, the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has said  A statement issued on Saturday quoted Managing Director, NIWA, Dr George Moghalu, as ...
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Tanker Refloated After Blocking Suez Canal
September 2, 2022 No Responses

Tanker Refloated After Blocking Suez Canal

The Suez Canal was blocked for several hours after an oil tanker got stranded in the single-lane stretch of the canal — nearly the same spot where the Ever Given containership remained stuck for days in March 2021. On late...
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Sambo: Regional Maritime Bank Takes Off In 90 Days
September 1, 2022 No Responses

Sambo: Regional Maritime Bank Takes Off In 90 Days

Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has expressed optimism that within 90 days, the ministry will secure accommodation to enable the take-off of the Regional Maritime Development Bank(RMDB). Sambo said this in a statement issued by the ministry’s Dir...
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