Nigeria Maritime Archives — Page 4 of 9

September 3, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Boss Harps On Benefits Of AfCFTA

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, on Thursday listed key issues to be addressed to make Nigeria a maritime hub for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Jime made the recommendations at a sensitisation seminar...

August 30, 2021 No Responses

Edo To Partner NIMASA On Benin River Port

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Monday said the state will partner Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in actualising the Benin River port project. He made this known when the Director-General of NIMASA, Mr...

August 25, 2021 No Responses

Hassan Bello, Ex-Shippers Council Boss, Canvasses Support For Successor

Immediate past Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, on Tuesday, said that his successor, Mr Emmanuel Jime, has immeasurable qualities that the nation’s maritime industry needs. Bello described his successor as a ‘man of st...

August 22, 2021 No Responses

Shippers Seek Stoppage Of Excessive Charges For Groupage Containers

President, Shippers Association of Lagos (SAL), Rev. Jonathan Nicole, has called for the stoppage of excessive charges for groupage containers in Nigeria. Nicole said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. The term groupage refers to a type...

August 16, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA Pledges Adequate Maintenance For Deep Blue Assets

Deep Blue assets would be properly maintained to provide security for Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea, the Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has pledged. A statement issued on...

August 9, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA To Commence Wreck Removal, Explains Vessel Monitoring, Others

All is set for the flag-off of an intensive wreck removal exercise in Nigerian waters by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The Agency’s Director-General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this during a Ministerial retreat organised by...

August 7, 2021 No Responses

Shell, Maritime Firm Seal Partnership

Shell Tankers (Singapore) has signed a partnership agreement with ship management company Signal Maritime placing ten Medium Range (MR) product tankers into the company’s MR pool. The company was an early adopter of the Signal Ocean platform in pro...

August 3, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA Donates Relief Items To Imo Victims Of Attacks, Others

The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated relief materials to the Imo Government in support of families affected by unknown gunmen’s attacks, COVID-19, #EndSARS and other incidents in the state. Some of the it...

August 3, 2021 No Responses

Photo News

R-L: Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh; Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Ajani Magdalene; Nigerian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ambassador Umar Suleima...

August 2, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Quits MOWCA Over Electoral Irregularities

Nigeria has left the Maritime Organisation for West and Central Africa (MOWCA). A statement issued on Monday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Eric Ojiekwe explained that this followed disregard for the rules of proc...

July 27, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Deploys Ships, Helicopters For Sea Exercise

The Nigerian Navy (NN) says that eight ships, two helicopters, Maritime Domain Awareness facilities and elements of the NN Sea Boat Service (SBS) will participate in the ‘Ex Beni Kekere’ sea exercise. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern N...

July 25, 2021 No Responses

Five Abducted Maritime Workers, Others Regain Freedom

The eight Nigerians, among them five members of the Maritime Workers of Nigeria (MWUN) kidnapped by gunmen in Rivers State waters on Monday have regained their freedom. A statement issued by Assistant Director, Public Relations, Nigerian Mari...

July 25, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA DG Condemns kidnap Of Five Maritime Workers

The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has condemned in very strong terms the kidnap of eight Nigerians, five of them members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), in Rivers State water...

July 12, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA: Deep Blue Project Driven by Competent Manpower

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh, has reiterated that assets deployed under the Deep Blue Project, recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari, are manned by proficient officers from th...