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August 24, 2021 No Responses

Bello-Koko: We’re Repositioning NPA For Efficiency, Safety, Accountability

The Acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko has assured that the management under his watch is working towards repositioning the nation’s seaports and the authority for greater efficiency, safety and accountability. The Managing Director, who spoke...

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 6, 2021 No Responses

NPA Expects 23 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Frozen Fish, Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is expecting 23 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and others from August 5 to August. 22, 2021. NPA in its publication, `Shipping Position, explained that the ships are expected to arrive at the...

July 14, 2021 No Responses

Shipping Firms To Tackle Oil Transfers At Sea

Top oil shipping companies say they have tightened operational guidelines and deployed technology to prevent accidental breaches of sanctions, as the countries hit by ever tougher restrictions fight back with elaborate strategies to dodge them.Washington ...

July 6, 2021 No Responses

New Shippers’ Council Boss Seeks Staff Support

The newly appointed Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, has solicited for support and cooperation of his members of staff to drive the agency. Jime made the call when he assumed duty at the Abuja liaison offic...

June 27, 2021 No Responses

NPA Receives 22 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Frozen Fish, Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 22 ships at the Lagos ports are discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, frozen fish, container, bulk fertilizer, bulk sugar, automobile gasoline, bulk salt, and petrol. NPA is also expecting 1...

June 22, 2021 No Responses

Seaport Terminal Operators List Challenges, Proffer Solutions

Dilapidated access roads, poor traffic management and manual examination of cargo by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) remain some of the major challenges facing port operations in the country, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), de...

June 3, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Visits Seaport Terminals As Operators Lament Poor Access Roads

Seaport terminal operators have appealed to the Federal Government to hasten the construction of ports access roads as part of measures to reduce the cost of doing business. The operators made the appeal when the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian...

June 2, 2021 No Responses

Visiting Sailors Receive COVID-19 Vaccination At Ports

International ship crews arriving at the Port of Long Beach and neighboring Port of Los Angeles have received COVID-19 vaccinations to reduce the spread of the infection among seafarer communities. More than 450 crewmembers from 27 ships have received the...

May 26, 2021 No Responses

NPA To Fine-Tune Truck Call-Up System

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has assured port users of the Authority’s commitment to speedily resolve all challenges associated with the electronic call-up system fo...

May 20, 2021 No Responses

IMO Unveils New Measures To Address Containers Lost At Sea

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to initiate new measures to detect and report containers lost at sea, which may enhance their positioning, tracking and recovery. The UN maritime body agreed to establ...

May 10, 2021 No Responses

Bala-Usman: Award Of Coastline Terminals To Dangote Company Not True

The suspended Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has decribed as false and misleading report of awarded of Coastline Terminals to Dangote’s Proxy firm. In a statement on Sunday, Bala Usman said:”My attent...

May 6, 2021 No Responses

SIFAX Group To Partner Liberia On Port Development

SIFAX Group, a group of companies with investment in Maritime, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Haulage & Logistics, Financial Services and Hospitality, has assured the Liberian government of its readiness to partner with the country in order to explore opportunit...

April 28, 2021 No Responses

Shipping Industry Records More Spike In Lost Containers

Containers piled high on giant vessels carrying everything from car tires to smartphones are toppling over at an alarming rate, sending millions of dollars of cargo sinking to the bottom of the ocean as pressure to speed deliveries raises the...