Category: Maritime

Shippers To Improve Shipping Activities At Onne, Warri Ports
October 30, 2021 No Responses

Shippers To Improve Shipping Activities At Onne, Warri Ports

The Shipping Trade Practitioners Association of Nigeria (STPAON) has pledged to boost shipping activities at Cross River, Rivers, and Delta states, popularly known as the Eastern ports. The shipping ports are in Calabar, Onne and Warri, of the three respective states. ...
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Amaechi To NIMASA: Consider Nigerian Institutes For Cadet Sea Time
October 29, 2021 No Responses

Amaechi To NIMASA: Consider Nigerian Institutes For Cadet Sea Time

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday charged the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to consider the country’s maritime training institutes when sending cadets for sea time. Amaechi said this at the flag-off ce...
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NIMASA DG Lists Incentives To Boost Nigeria’s Maritime Sector
October 29, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA DG Lists Incentives To Boost Nigeria’s Maritime Sector

The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh, on Thursday said the Federal Government is working on reviving the national shipping fleet with carriage rights of up to 50 per cent of all state-owned cargoes.  ...
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Nigerian Navy To Establish More Jetties
October 26, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Navy To Establish More Jetties

The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has solicited a special intervention fund from the House of Representatives to establish more jetties within the Command’s area of responsibility.  Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. S...
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NPCC Seeks Support For Single Window At Nigeria’s ports
October 24, 2021 No Responses

NPCC Seeks Support For Single Window At Nigeria’s ports

The Chairman, Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC), Otunba Kunle Folarin has called for the establishment of the National Single Window at the nation’s seaports.  Otunba Folarin made the call when he led the Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NP...
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Freight Forwarders Threaten Strike Over Alleged Extortion By Shipping Firms
October 22, 2021 No Responses

Freight Forwarders Threaten Strike Over Alleged Extortion By Shipping Firms

Freight forwarders in Nigeria have issued a threat to the down tool from the nation’s seaports in the next two weeks due to alleged extortion and high-handedness by shipping companies.  The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NA...
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TotalEnergies Receives New LNG Carrier
October 22, 2021 No Responses

TotalEnergies Receives New LNG Carrier

Japanese shipping major, NYK Line,  has delivered Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier, LNG Endeavour to French energy giant, TotalEnergies.  According to World Maritime report, the LNG carrier is equipped with a WinGD X-DF diesel engine that can...
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NIMASA DG Rallies Support For Nigeria’s IMO Category C Reinstatement
October 21, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA DG Rallies Support For Nigeria’s IMO Category C Reinstatement

By ebosele@hotmail.com   — Ahead of the December International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council Election, Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has called on the international maritime co...
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Maritime Academy To Commercialise Facilities
October 21, 2021 No Responses

Maritime Academy To Commercialise Facilities

The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron in Akwa Ibom, has concluded plans to commercialise its facilities to boost its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The Rector of the Academy, Commodore Duja Effedua (rtd), disclosed this during an interaction with ne...
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Piracy Drops In Gulf Of Guinea, Nigerian Waters, Says IMB
October 19, 2021 No Responses

Piracy Drops In Gulf Of Guinea, Nigerian Waters, Says IMB

The International Maritime Bureau (IBM), has said that cases of piracy incidents in the first nine months of 2021 were the lowest reported in 17 years.  It noted that at the other end of the scale, 51 crew members were...
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Jime Decries Infrastructure Gap In Nigeria’s Maritime Domain
October 16, 2021 No Responses

Jime Decries Infrastructure Gap In Nigeria’s Maritime Domain

The Executive Secretary /Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Mr Emmanuel Jime, has decried a general infrastructure gap in the country’s maritime domain.Jime said this when Presidents of Shippers’ Association in Jos, Benue, Niger an...
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Jime Inaugurates Committee To Tackle High Shipping Cost In Africa
October 13, 2021 No Responses

Jime Inaugurates Committee To Tackle High Shipping Cost In Africa

The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer,  Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Emmanuel Jime,  has inaugurated a committee of experts to help tackle high shipping cost within the Africa sub-region.  Jime inaugurated the committee at the&...
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Shipping: Amaechi Charges Committee To Eliminate Delays, Corrupt Practices
October 12, 2021 No Responses

Shipping: Amaechi Charges Committee To Eliminate Delays, Corrupt Practices

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Tuesday In Abuja charged the Committee of Experts, Union of African Shippers Council (UASC) to ensure all elements of cost relating to delays, corrupt practices are eliminated from the system.  Amaechi, who was re...
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Adesina Flays Extortions At Nigerian Seaports
October 12, 2021 No Responses

Adesina Flays Extortions At Nigerian Seaports

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has advised the Federal Government to clean up what he described as administrative bottlenecks at the nation’s seaports.  Speaking on Monday...
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