Tag: Ports

FG Targets 25% Port Operations Cost Reduction with National Single Window
January 28, 2025 No Responses

FG Targets 25% Port Operations Cost Reduction with National Single Window

The Federal Government has announced plans to implement the National Single Window (NSW) in its bid to reduce the cost of doing business in Nigerian ports by at least 25 per cent.Indeed, as highlighted by the World Bank, the cost...
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NPA Boss Tours Eastern Ports, Harps On Increased Investment
December 5, 2024 No Responses

NPA Boss Tours Eastern Ports, Harps On Increased Investment

In continuation of his resolve to galvanize port concessionaires and terminal operators into increasing their In-Country investments in Port infrastructure equipment, Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, on Wednesday and Th...
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Senate Committee To Facilitate Concession Agreement Renewal
November 27, 2024 No Responses

Senate Committee To Facilitate Concession Agreement Renewal

As part of its oversight function of monitoring the performances of concessioned firms, the Senate Committee on Privatisation, led by Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, has expressed the committee’s readiness to facilitate a faster renewal of Ports and Carg...
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Customs Boss Unveils New Tin Can Island Administrative Building
November 26, 2024 No Responses

Customs Boss Unveils New Tin Can Island Administrative Building

The Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has been commissioned by the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),Unveiling the complex on Tuesday in Lagos,Adeniyi described the new look of the facilities as capable of...
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Ministry To Grow Eastern Port Vessel Traffic  
March 19, 2024 No Responses

Ministry To Grow Eastern Port Vessel Traffic  

The ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, on Tuesday, said it’s poised to provide the facilitation and advocacy required to grow the vessel traffic to the Eastern port.  Speaking at the commissioning of 4.8km road and Marine craft at Onne...
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NPA Explains $1b Reconstruction Agenda For Tincan Island Port, Others
March 7, 2024 No Responses

NPA Explains $1b Reconstruction Agenda For Tincan Island Port, Others

NPA Explains $1b Reconstruction Agenda For Tincan Island Port, Others The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced an ambitious $1 billion reconstruction plan for the Tincan Island Port Complex as well as the comprehensive rehabilitation of Apapa, Rivers, ...
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Oyetola Receives Port Community System Report, Lauds NPA 
February 13, 2024 No Responses

Oyetola Receives Port Community System Report, Lauds NPA 

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola CON, on Tuesday, formally received the report for the implementation of the Port Community System (PCS) in Nigeria, a move that will enhance the ease of doing business in ports within...
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Ports access roads: Oyetola meets Umahi, lists 15 roads requiring urgent rehabilitation
December 20, 2023 No Responses

Ports access roads: Oyetola meets Umahi, lists 15 roads requiring urgent rehabilitation

The minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that access roads leading to the ports in Nigeria play a pivotal role in the efficiency of the ports. To this end, he has appealed to the minister of...
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WARRI PILOTAGE DISTRICT BERTHING VESSELS DESPITE  CHALLENGES
July 16, 2023 No Responses

WARRI PILOTAGE DISTRICT BERTHING VESSELS DESPITE  CHALLENGES

Although the Escravos breakwaters constructed to prevent the siltation of the Warri channels collapsed decades ago and the current Management of the Authority, led by the Managing Director, Mohammed Bello Koko, has concluded the survey and mapping of the chann...
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NPA, Customs, NEPZA, Others Reiterate Support For Lekki Port
May 11, 2023 No Responses

NPA, Customs, NEPZA, Others Reiterate Support For Lekki Port

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com Key Federal Government agencies have resumed full activities at the recently inaugurated $1.5 billion Lekki Port and Lekki Freeport Terminal.  Representatives of the agencies who spoke at an interactive sess...
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Tincan Island Port Receives Largest Ever Container Vessel
May 9, 2023 No Responses

Tincan Island Port Receives Largest Ever Container Vessel

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) recorded yet another milestone today, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 with the berthing at the TinCan Island Port Complex of “the largest-ever container vessel to call at the Lagos Pilotage District”.  The vessel MSc Maureen ha...
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<strong>NPA To Receive 19 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Frozen Fish, Bulk Sugar, Others At Lagos Port  </strong>
August 16, 2022 No Responses

NPA To Receive 19 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Frozen Fish, Bulk Sugar, Others At Lagos Port  

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on Tuesday, disclosed that 19 ships laden with petroleum products and other items were expected at the Lagos Port Complex.   The NPA, in its daily Shipping Position, explained that the ships were exp...
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NIWA Begins Process To concession Oguta, Lokoja, Baro River Ports
July 18, 2022 No Responses

NIWA Begins Process To concession Oguta, Lokoja, Baro River Ports

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has commenced the process of concessioning Oguta, Lokoja and Baro River ports.  Speaking at the formal handing over of the Onitsha River Port to the concessionaire in Abuja, the Managing Director of NIWA, Dr...
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Experts Urge Stakeholders To Harness Maritime Potential For Economic Growth
May 12, 2022 No Responses

Experts Urge Stakeholders To Harness Maritime Potential For Economic Growth

Experts on Thursday urged stakeholders in maritime sector to harness its full potential to achieve the desired economic growth for the country.   The experts said this at a virtual forum of the Nigeria Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL...
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