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May 20, 2021 No Responses

IMO Unveils New Measures To Address Containers Lost At Sea

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to initiate new measures to detect and report containers lost at sea, which may enhance their positioning, tracking and recovery. The UN maritime body agreed to establish a compulsory...

April 15, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA Implores Refinery Operators, Suppliers On Ship Pollution

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is determined to ensure availability of marine fuels that comply with the regulation by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) limiting the sulphur in the fuel oil used on board ships ...

October 5, 2020 No Responses

IMO Re-Elects Bala Usman Facilitation Committee Vice Chair

Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has, for the second time, been elected Vice-Chair of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Facilitation (FAL) Committee. A statement issued on Sunday by Assistant General M...

February 22, 2020 No Responses

IMO Tasks Member States On Unnecessary Delays At Seaports

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has sent a letter to its member states amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus asking them to undertake all possible measures to prevent unnecessary delays of ships. The IMO urged state authorities and control.....

June 26, 2019 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Gender Balance In Maritime Sector

The First Lady, Dr. Aisha Buhari, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to provide platforms that will encourage more women’s participation in maritime to boost economic development. The President’s wife stated this on Tuesday in Lago...

May 5, 2019 No Responses

South Africa To Tackle IMO’s Delisting Action

The International Maritime Organization’s intentions to delist over 80 countries, including South Africa from its Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) whitelist has major implications for the country’s maritime sector....

April 16, 2019 No Responses

Group Unveils Agenda To Tackle Maritime Corruption

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is to address maritime corruption by including the issue in its work programme for the Facilitation Committee. The decision to include an anti-corruption agenda came at the latest meeting of the IMO’s Facilitatio...

April 14, 2019 No Responses

NPA Boss Elected Vice Chair Of IMO Committee

The International Maritime Organisation, (IMO) has unanimously elected Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman, as vice chairperson of its Facilitation Committee (FAL) for a one-year period (2019-2020). The IMO is ...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

Frank Nneji As APGA’s Joker In Imo Governorship Election

BY MOSES AKAIGWE – Though it has often been argued, and very rightly, that the process of getting to political office in our environment is skewed in favour of the affluent and the powerful to the detriment of quality,...

December 14, 2017 No Responses

Frank Nneji, ABC Transport boss, joins Imo Governorship Race

Foremost Transporter and Managing Director of ABC Transport, Frank Nneji has joined the 2019 Imo State Governorship race under the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Speaking to APGA faithful in Owerri, the Imo State capital, Nneji...

November 30, 2017 No Responses

Flame-Defying Maritime Pilots Win IMO Bravery Award

Two maritime pilots who defied fire to bring a burning ship to safety, averting a major maritime catastrophe, received the 2017 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea during the 2017 IMO awards ceremony, held on November 27. Pilots Captain...

July 31, 2017 No Responses

Africa seeks greater representation on IMO council

The Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called for increased representation of the continent on the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Council and its Secretariat. Dakuku who made the appeal w...

July 12, 2017 No Responses

IMO Okays life safety performance criteria guidelines

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee has approved the Guidelines for the Selection of Life Safety Performance Criteria for use in Alternative Design and Arrangements for Fire Safety (SOLAS Regulation II-2/17). As explaine...

June 19, 2017 No Responses

IMO adopts safety amendments for passenger ships

IMO’s Marine Safety Committee (MSC) has adopted revised safety requirements for passenger vessels in the event of flooding caused by an incident. The revisions to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) chapter II-1, relating to...