Category: Maritime

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 jobless...
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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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Shippers’ Council Boss Lauds Ministry On World Maritime Day, Highlights New Technologies, Implications
September 30, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Boss Lauds Ministry On World Maritime Day, Highlights New Technologies, Implications

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com  — The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Shippers’ Council (NSC), Emmanuel Jime has commended the Federal Ministry of Transportation for putting together the 2022 World Maritime Day celebration in Nigeria.  &nbsp...
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Nigeria Unveils Agenda For Zero Carbon Emission For Shipping By 2050
September 30, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Unveils Agenda For Zero Carbon Emission For Shipping By 2050

To attain net zero carbon emission for shipping by 2050 in line with the policy of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Nigerian Government has rolled out more proactive measures.   Speaking in Lagos on Thursday at the 20...
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NPA Task Contractors, Seeks End To Repairs On Tin-Can, Apapa Roads
September 28, 2022 No Responses

NPA Task Contractors, Seeks End To Repairs On Tin-Can, Apapa Roads

The Management of  Nigerian Ports  Authority (NPA) has appealed to the contractors responsible for the ongoing repairs on the two major arteries into the ports in Lagos, the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and the Leventis Bridge on the Apapa-Wharf Road, to hasten.....
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Daewoo Shipbuilding  Seals $1.4b Conditional Takeover Deal  
September 28, 2022 No Responses

Daewoo Shipbuilding  Seals $1.4b Conditional Takeover Deal  

South Korean shipbuilding major, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has entered into a tentative deal with compatriot conglomerate, Hanwha Group on the acquisition of a 49.3 percent stake and management rights in return for $1.4 billion. ...
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Nigeria Joins IMO On Greener Shipping For Sustainable Shipping
September 27, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Joins IMO On Greener Shipping For Sustainable Shipping

Nigeria is committed to achieving greener shipping in line with the campaign by the International Maritime Organization, IMO, to attain sustainable development in the maritime industry, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has declare...
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