Maritime Archives — Page 46 of 142

January 16, 2023 No Responses

Onne Customs Generates N242b In 2022

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Onne Area ll Command, generated N242 billion in 2022. In a statement on Sunday, the Customs Area Controller, Auwal Mohammed, explained that the command’s revenue collection had been on the increase since his assumption of...

January 14, 2023 No Responses

FG Earns $4.820b From Non-Oil Export In 2022

Nigeria recorded a non-oil export earnings of $4.820 in 2022, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), disclosed on Friday in Abuja. Presenting the 2022 non-oil export report, the Executive Director/CEO of NEPC, Dr Ezra Yakusak explained that this r...

January 14, 2023 No Responses

NPA Receives 15 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Frozen Fish, Wheat, Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is expecting 15 ships conveying petroleum products and other goods at the Lagos ports from January 13 to January 17, 2023. NPA listed the items expected at the port as bulk sugar, frozen fish, bulk...

January 13, 2023 No Responses

SIFAX ICT Records 8,736 Hours Zero Lost Time Injury

SIFAX Inland Container Terminal, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group attained 8,736 hours of zero lost time to injury (LTI) during operations at the terminal in 2022. This was disclosed by Mr. Paul Linden, Managing Director, SIFAX Inland Container Terminal,...

January 12, 2023 No Responses

NSC To Host African Shippers’ Day In Lagos

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) in collaboration with Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) will hold the 9th edition of African Shippers’ Day in Lagos from Monday 16th January 2023 to Wednesday 18th January, 2023 at Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victo...

December 30, 2022 No Responses

Orakwusi Accuses Foreign Vessels Of Violating Fishing Regulations

The Chief Executive Officer, Morbod Group, Mrs Margaret Orakwusi, on Thursday alleged that fish poachers with foreign vessels fail to conform to rules and regulations on African waters. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Orakwusi, ...

December 25, 2022 No Responses

NPA Boss Alleges Blackmail

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko, has decried what he identified as blackmail against his person by unknown Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). According to Bello-Koko, the alleged blackmailers have resorted...

December 24, 2022 No Responses

Goje Extols Jamoh’s Virtues As NIMASA DG

The Chairman Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Danjuma Goje has commended Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR, for his sterling performance as the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. Senator Goje who spo...

December 22, 2022 No Responses

Jamoh: NIIA CRITICAL TO HARNESSING NIGERIAN BLUE ECONOMY

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR says the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA has a critical role to play for Nigeria to fully harness the potentials of the Blue...

December 17, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Inaugurates Waterways Monitoring, Data Management Centre

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday inaugurated a first-of-its-kind Waterways Monitoring and Data Management Centre. Inaugurating the facility at Falomo, on Friday, Sanwo-Olu said that the establishment of the centre would...

December 16, 2022 No Responses

Minister Urges Agencies To Strengthen Port Compliance

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has urged agencies to strengthen compliance functions to sustain and maintain standards in the ports. Sambo gave the advice at the Convention on Business Integrity (CBi), and Maritime Anti-Corruption Netwo...

December 16, 2022 No Responses

Onne Port: Customs Generates N220b, Targets N360b In 2023

The Nigerian Customs Service, Onne Area Command, has generated over N220 billion in 2022, targets over N360 billion in 2023.The command’s controller, Auwal Muhammad, stated this during an engagement with Journalists at Onne, Rivers State.Muhammad noted that ...

December 16, 2022 No Responses

NPA Bags BPSR’s Excellence Award

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has been rated excellent in service delivery by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR). In the evaluation of the Self Assessment Tool (SAT) on performance ranking, NPA bagged the Platinum Award after scoring...

December 13, 2022 No Responses

Maersk CEO Steps Down

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of A. P. Møller – Mærsk A/S (Maersk), Soren Skou, who has led the transformation of the company from a diversified conglomerate to an integrated logistics company, is retiring. Vincent Clerc, currently CEO...