Category: Maritime

NIMASA At Trade Fair, Seeks National Policy On Waste Management
November 14, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA At Trade Fair, Seeks National Policy On Waste Management

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Saturday called for the development of a national policy on waste management. The  Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made the appeal at NIMASA’s special day at the ongoing 2021 Lagos...
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IMO Sets International Day For Women In Maritime
November 13, 2021 No Responses

IMO Sets International Day For Women In Maritime

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council has decided to establish an International Day for Women in Maritime, to be observed on 18 May every year.  IMO’s gender program was first initiated in 1988. At that time, only a f...
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Makinde Receives Shippers’ Council Boss, Reiterates Support For Dry Port Project
November 12, 2021 No Responses

Makinde Receives Shippers’ Council Boss, Reiterates Support For Dry Port Project

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has pledged the commitment of his administration to resolve all bottlenecks around the Ibadan Dry Port project.  Makinde made this promise on Thursday while playing host to a delegation of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council led...
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Gulf of Guinea Security: Nigeria Seeks Legal Framework
November 11, 2021 No Responses

Gulf of Guinea Security: Nigeria Seeks Legal Framework

Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has appealed for the standardisation of the legal frameworks of countries in the Gulf of Guinea to aid effective prosecution of maritime crimes. Jamoh made the a...
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Shippers’ Council Visits Shipping Firms, Seeks Partnership
November 10, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Visits Shipping Firms, Seeks Partnership

The Nigerian Shippers ‘Council (NSC) has sought the cooperation and collaboration of shipping companies as part of measures to drive efficiency, transparency and effectiveness of port processes.  A statement issued by NSC head of Public Relatio...
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Group Decries Prolonged ANLCA Crisis
November 9, 2021 No Responses

Group Decries Prolonged ANLCA Crisis

The Alliance of ANLCA, Western Zone, a faction from the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has decried the lingering crisis in the association.  Dr John Ofobike, the group’s Leader, said at a news conference in Lagos on Monday...
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NPA Boss Reiterates Support For Electronic Call Up System
November 8, 2021 No Responses

NPA Boss Reiterates Support For Electronic Call Up System

Acting Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has reiterates support for the electronic call-up system, also called ‘Eto’, the policy deployed to check congestion at the ports.   Speaking in Lagos on Sunday, Bell...
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Nigerian Navy Deploys 13 Warships, Two Helicopters In Gulf Of Guinea
November 4, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Deploys 13 Warships, Two Helicopters In Gulf Of Guinea

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday deployed 13 warships, two helicopters and 1,500 troops in a special military exercise against pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, announced the deployment at the...
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NPPM Urges Development Of Inland Dry Ports
November 4, 2021 No Responses

NPPM Urges Development Of Inland Dry Ports

The Chairman of the Advisory committee of the Nigerian Ports Process Manual (NPPM), Prince Olayiwola Shittu, on Wednesday, urged the Nigeria Shippers’ Council to ensure the development of all Inland Dry Ports across the country. Shittu expressed optimism tha...
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Shipowners Seek Sector-Dedicated Fund
November 3, 2021 No Responses

Shipowners Seek Sector-Dedicated Fund

In a new policy paper, European shipowners have supported a dedicated fund to be set up under the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) to stabilise the carbon price.  World Maritime reports that the policy paper on the EU ETS ECSA...
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Maersk Records $16.6b Revenue In Q3
November 3, 2021 No Responses

Maersk Records $16.6b Revenue In Q3

Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk closed the third quarter of 2021 with record earnings. Revenue grew 68 per cent to $16.6 billion in Q3 2021 from $9.9 billion posted in the corresponding quarter a year earlier. EBIT was...
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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 respe...
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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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