Maritime Archives — Page 22 of 133

October 13, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA Act Amendment Bill Passes First Reading

The bill to amend the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA Act has passed the first reading on the Floor of the Nigerian Senate. Chairman Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Wasiu Sanni Eshinlokun, who announced this during a...

October 12, 2023 No Responses

Seplat CEO: Affordable, Reliable Energy Key To Creating Jobs

Affordable and reliable energy provides the right platform for businesses in Africa to create and retain jobs for its fast-growing population and further make the Continent sustainable. Access to energy and energy security remains critical for the Contin...

October 11, 2023 No Responses

Chamber Of Shipping Rolls Out Data Collection System

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has launched a Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) Data Collection System. CII is a rating system developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to measure the energy efficiency of ships, above 5,000 gross t...

October 10, 2023 No Responses

NLNG Advocates For Urgent Action To Secure Gains From Gas

Nigeria must be deliberate in its desire to take opportunities offered by the energy transition, the recognition of gas as a transition fuel and the quest for clean energy to increase its gas investment and harvest the gains from gas,...

October 10, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA DG: Nigerian Maritime Industry Progressing On The Right Path

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR on Monday declared the country’s maritime sector as one of the fastest growing on the African continent. Dr Jamoh, who stated this on Monday dur...

October 10, 2023 No Responses

MSC, Seaspan Welcome New 24k TEU Boxship

The sixth 24,000TEU ultra large container ship MSC Micol built by Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, was delivered to the shipowners Seaspan and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and put into operation. the vess...

October 8, 2023 No Responses

Shell’s LNG Bunker Vessel Debuts

Shell’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel New Frontier 2 has completed its inaugural bunker operation at the Port of Jamaica. The bunkering operation was carried out in Portland Bight with the assistance of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica and...

October 7, 2023 No Responses

FG Seeks Partnership With Banking Sector On One Million Digital Jobs

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima has called for the partnership and support of the banking sector as part of measures to create one million digital jobs for young Nigerians. Shettima made this appeal during a meeting with a delegation f...

October 7, 2023 No Responses

Photo News

R-L: Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy/Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, CON and Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safe...

October 7, 2023 No Responses

Maritime Stakeholders Seek Safe Ammonia Use

Stakeholders in the shipping industry have collaboratively addressed the paramount safety challenges and best practices essential for integrating ammonia as an alternative marine fuel. Specifically, the stakeholders called for safe ammonia use during an event ...

October 5, 2023 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Canvasses Support For Non-Oil Export

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has reiterated support for exports especially of non-oil commodities. NSC Executive Secretary, Emmanuel Jime, stated this in Benin City at a one-day enlightenment seminar on ‘Best practices in agricultural products expo...

October 1, 2023 No Responses

Firm Takes Delivery Of 3rd LNG Carrier

Japanese shipping company K Line has taken delivery of the newly-built W-Max class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, Lagenda Setia, intended for a long-term charter with Malaysian energy major Petronas LNG. The Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuildi...

September 29, 2023 No Responses

Blue Economy Can Help Nigeria Defeat Poverty, Says Prof Pauli

The creator of Blue Economy, Prof Gunter Pauli, who hailed President Bola Tinubu for creating the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy said the policy was overdue considering the abundant opportunities in Nigeria, but, warned that the government must aggressive...

September 28, 2023 No Responses

BPSR Identifies NIMASA AS Best MDA In Digital Transformation

The Presidency through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR, has declared the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA as the best Federal Government Agency in Digital Transformation. The Director General, BPSR who convey...