Maritime Business Archives — Page 2 of 8

December 20, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA Renews Stevedoring Rates

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has reduced Offshore Cargo Handling and Operations and stevedoring rates. The Director-General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, stated in Lagos on Sunday that it was in furtherance of its efforts to mitigate the effects...

December 15, 2021 No Responses

APM Terminals Investment In Apapa Hits N180b

The management of APM Terminals, Apapa, Nigeria, has invested not less than $438 million ( N180 billion) in acquisition of modern cargo handling equipment. In a statement on Tuesday, the Manager, Mr Steen Knudsen, expained that the equipment are for seam...

December 14, 2021 No Responses

New IMO Council To Elect Chair, Vice-Chair Wednesday

The newly elected council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will meet for its 126th session on 15 December and will elect its Chair and Vice-Chair for the next two years. The assembly normally meets once every two years in r...

November 27, 2021 No Responses

French Ambassador Scores Nigerian Navy High On Maritime Safety

The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Emmanuelle Blatmann, on Friday scored the Nigerian Navy high in its bid to curb maritime insecurity, especially piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Blatmann, during a courtesy visit to the Western Naval Command, said...

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 202...

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...

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...

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...

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...

October 12, 2021 No Responses

Adesina: Why Nigerian Seaports Lag Behind In Africa

By Mosess Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Today, the leading ports for West Africa are in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic, President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has said. According to Adesina, ...

September 20, 2021 No Responses

ICRC Delivers Floating Dockyard Business Compliance Certificate To NIMASA

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has issued a Certificate of Compliance for an outline Business Case (OBC) for the operation of the Modular Floating Dockyard acquired by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIM...

September 6, 2021 No Responses

Shell Donates Auditoriums, Eight Lecture Rooms, Others To Maritime University

Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has described phase one of the infrastructure projects donated to the Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and its joint venture...

September 4, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA Seeks Collaboration With FDFA On Safety Of Fishing Vessels

September 4, 2021 No Responses

‘Construction Of Bonny Deep Seaport To Commence Soon’

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says work will soon commence for the construction of Bonny Deep Seaport. Amaechi, in a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transport, Mr Eric Ojiekwe, disclosed thi...