Maritime – City Business News

April 8, 2026 No Responses

Customs, PEBEC Align On Strategy To Improve Port Efficiency

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in collaboration with the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), has launched a results-driven reform agenda to improve operational efficiency and enhance Nigeria’s trade competitiveness through better-performing ports.The initiative was unveiled at the opening of...

April 7, 2026 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Signs 2026 Performance Bond, Lists 2025 Achievements

The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Dr. Akutah Pius has signed the Council’s 2026 Sectorial Performance Bond at the just concluded stakeholder’s’ engagement in Lagos.The signing of the 2026 performan...

April 7, 2026 No Responses

NIMASA Signs 2026 Performance Bond, Highlights 2025 Gains

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has reaffirmed its commitment to accountability, improved performance, and sustained growth in the maritime sector with the signing of its 2026 Sectoral Performance Bond.The exercise was overseen ...

April 6, 2026 No Responses

Oyetola To Shippers’ Council: Probe Barge Operators’ Alleged Marginalisation

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola, has directed the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to investigate allegations of systemic efforts to undermine local barge operators at the nation’s seaports.The Minister issued the directive d...

April 6, 2026 No Responses

NDDC Hands Over Shoreline Protection Projects

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has officially handed over the sites for the Emergency Reclamation and Shoreline Protection projects in Onuebum and Ayakoro communities in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State to the contractor for immediat...

April 6, 2026 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Reaffirms Commitment To ICTN Rollout

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has reaffirmed its resolve to fully implement the International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN), assuring stakeholders that concrete steps are being taken to ensure a smooth and sustainable rollout.Speaking at the 2026 First Q...

April 3, 2026 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Joseph Ogundiran, Corporate Communications Officer, SIFAX Group; Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, Founder and Former President, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders(NAGAFF); Captain Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Director, Ports & Cargo...

April 2, 2026 No Responses

Oyetola: National Shipping Carrier Project Records Major Milestone

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has announced significant progress toward the refloating of a national shipping carrier, marking a major step in strengthening Nigeria’s maritime industry.Oyetola made the disclosure on Thursday du...

April 1, 2026 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Abubakar Dantsoho (left), on Wednesday, received the Consul-General of the United States in Nigeria, Mr. Rick Swart at the NPA Headquarters in Marina, Lagos

March 31, 2026 No Responses

Oyetola Seeks Stronger Regional Ties, Investment in Fisheries Sector

Photo Caption: L-R: Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy and Chairman, Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, CON; Director General, National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority Liberia, J. Cyrus Saygbe ...

March 29, 2026 No Responses

At Enugu Trade Fair, NPA Targets Export Expansion, Eastern Ports Upgrade

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has unveiled a comprehensive strategy to boost Nigeria’s non-oil exports, anchored in infrastructure renewal, export process simplification, and the full automation of port operations.Speaking at the 37th Enugu Internationa...

March 27, 2026 No Responses

NCDMB Lauds ESSO On $23m New Logistics Base At LADOL

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has applauded ESSO Nigeria on the groundbreaking of its permanent shorebase facility at the LADOL Deep Offshore Logistics Base, describing the project as a major demonstration that Nigeria has becom...

March 26, 2026 No Responses

Nigeria Urges Stronger EU Role Against Illegal Fishing, Maritime Crimes

Photo Caption: L-R: Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Mrs. Fatima Sugra Mahmood; Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola; Head of the European Union Evaluation Mission on the Gulf of Guinea Inter-r...

March 26, 2026 No Responses

MWUN Petitions Minister, Seeks Urgent Reinstatement Of Tally Clerks, Gangway Security At Nigerian Ports

The Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene to restore the engagement of tally clerks and on-board gangway security men across the nation’s ports and jetties, warning that their continued absence...