Seaport Archives — Page 11 of 47

November 8, 2021 No Responses

NPA Boss Reiterates Support For Electronic Call Up System

Acting Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has reiterates support for the electronic call-up system, also called ‘Eto’, the policy deployed to check congestion at the ports. Speaking in Lagos on Sunday, Bello-Koko said:“I have paid...

October 30, 2021 No Responses

Shippers To Improve Shipping Activities At Onne, Warri Ports

The Shipping Trade Practitioners Association of Nigeria (STPAON) has pledged to boost shipping activities at Cross River, Rivers, and Delta states, popularly known as the Eastern ports. The shipping ports are in Calabar, Onne and Warri, of the three respe...

October 24, 2021 No Responses

NPCC Seeks Support For Single Window At Nigeria’s ports

The Chairman, Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC), Otunba Kunle Folarin has called for the establishment of the National Single Window at the nation’s seaports. Otunba Folarin made the call when he led the Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NP...

October 19, 2021 No Responses

NPA Upgrades Control Tower

The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is poised to ensure optimal utilisation of its facilities across the nation’s seaports, Acting Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko has said. He made this known in a statement on Monday ...

October 13, 2021 No Responses

AfCFTA: NPA Reiterates Support For Intra-African Trade

By ebosele@hotmail.com All seaports in Nigeria are being repositioned as efficient and reliable gateways as part of measures to optimise trade interconnectivity with other countries under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, A...

October 12, 2021 No Responses

Shipping: Amaechi Charges Committee To Eliminate Delays, Corrupt Practices

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Tuesday In Abuja charged the Committee of Experts, Union of African Shippers Council (UASC) to ensure all elements of cost relating to delays, corrupt practices are eliminated from the system. Amaechi, who was re...

October 12, 2021 No Responses

Adesina Flays Extortions At Nigerian Seaports

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has advised the Federal Government to clean up what he described as administrative bottlenecks at the nation’s seaports. Speaking on Monday...

October 12, 2021 No Responses

Adesina: Why Nigerian Seaports Lag Behind In Africa

By Mosess Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Today, the leading ports for West Africa are in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic, President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has said. According to Adesina, ...

October 11, 2021 No Responses

NPA Explains New Measures To Address Apapa Gridlock

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has introduced various measures to address the endemic vehicular gridlock in Apapa, it’s acting Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has said. A statement by Mr Olaseni Alakija, General Manager, Corporate and St...

October 8, 2021 No Responses

NPA Appoints Three Port Managers, Redeploys Others

As part of measures to rejig Port operational efficiency, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko has approved the appointment of three new Port managers. The new appointees are Yitnoe Stanley Magaji, Technical Assistant...

September 23, 2021 No Responses

NPA Explains Fire Outbreak At Headquarters In Lagos

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday, said there was fire incident at a wing of its headquarters in Lagos. General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr Olaseni Alakija, in a statement explained that the fire incident ...

September 22, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Boss Implore Stakeholders On Port Reforms

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Tuesday urged maritime stakeholders to embrace the many reforms put in place by the council to help bring sanity to the port system. Mr Emmanuel Jime, NSC Executive Secretary, made the appeal at the...

September 7, 2021 No Responses

APM Terminal Provides Over 1,000 PPE To Truck Drivers

The AP Moller Terminal (APMT), Apapa, has provided over 1,000 truck drivers in Lagos with Personal Protective Equipments (PPE), to mark the 2021 Global Safety Day. The Chief Operating Officer and Head of Terminal, APM Terminals, Apapa, Mr Steen Knudsen,....

September 6, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA Automates Verification Of New Ship Registration Certificates

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced the electronic verification of the new Ship Registry Certificates it introduced on July 1. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh disclosed this in a statement issued...