Maritime Archives — Page 77 of 143

May 21, 2020 No Responses

Minister To NIMASA Board: Complete Deep Blue Sea Project

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has charged the newly inaugurated board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to ensure speedy completion of the deep blue sea project. Amaechi, while inaugurating members of the board on...

May 21, 2020 No Responses

NIMASA Explains Preliminary Investigation On Wellhead Fire

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has sent an investigative team to unravel the circumstances surrounding fire incident at a wellhead offshore, Ondo State. The incident involved a barge bel...

May 20, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Approves $454,000 For Seafarers’ Training

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved $454,000 for sea-time training for Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme organised by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA). &nbs...

May 20, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Seaports To Receive 50 Ships With Petroleum Products, Food Items

Fifty ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected at the TinCan Island Port and the Lagos Port Complex from May 20 to June 3. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in its publication, `Shipping Position’, explained...

May 20, 2020 No Responses

Cosco Shipping, Firm Seal LNG Deals

Chinese shipbuilder, Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry has signed LNG cooperation agreements with compatriot Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and France’s GTT. Under the deal with Hudong-Zhonghua signed on Tuesday, the two shipbuilders aim to join forces in the fiel...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Delta Port To Receive Nine Vessels

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday disclosed that nine vessels are expected to arrive at the Delta Port, Warri, between May 19 and May 30. According to NPA’s daily publication, ‘Shipping Position,’ the ships were laden with Automotive Gasolin...

May 18, 2020 No Responses

UK, Seatruck, Others Seal £35m Deal To Safeguards Critical Freight Routes

The UK government has signed agreements with six operators to provide up to £35 million to help ensure there is enough freight capacity to prevent disruption to the flow of goods. The companies in question are Brittany Ferries, DFDS, Eurotunnel,...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Receives 24 Ships With Petroleum Products, Food Items

Twenty-Four ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are scheduled to arrive the TinCan Island Port in Nigeria from May 14 to May 30, 2020. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in its publication, `Shipping Position’, explained th...

May 13, 2020 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Partners NCDC On Sensitization

Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) is collaborating with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, to contain the spread of COVID-19, particularly in the Maritime community in Nigeria. Under the arrangement, the council will hand over hundreds of...

May 13, 2020 No Responses

Maritime Law Association Inaugurates Committee To Review Admiralty law

The Nigerian Maritime Law Association has inaugurated a 16-member committee to ensure review of procedural rules and substantive laws as part of measures to boost industry confidence in dispute resolution. A statement issued by the President of the Assoc...

May 12, 2020 No Responses

Group Seeks Quarantine Exception For 200,000 Seafarers, Maritime Workers

The UK Chamber of Shipping — the voice of the country’s shipping industry — has urged the UK government to exempt seafarers and maritime workers from any quarantine restrictions planned to be imposed. The trade association has also called on the...

May 12, 2020 No Responses

COSCO, Firm Complete Trial Of 5G Smart Seaports

An automated driverless truck for containers on Monday delivered containers to load a containership and collected unloaded containers from the vessel at the Port of Xiamen, passing a trial run as part of a project aimed at developing 5G smart...

May 8, 2020 No Responses

Group Tasks NIMASA, NESREA, Others On Cause Of Dead Fishes Along Coastline

Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have called on regulatory agencies to expedite investigations into the dead fishes littering the Atlantic Ocean coastline. The stakeholders made the call in a report titled “Massive Death of Fishes across the Atlantic Coastlin...

May 8, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: SIFAX Group Boss Lists Recovery Strategies For Businesses

In order for businesses to survive the current economic crunch as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a comprehensive review of business processes and operations as well as willingness to adapt to new realities will be key. According to Mr....