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June 19, 2017 No Responses

IMO adopts safety amendments for passenger ships

IMO’s Marine Safety Committee (MSC) has adopted revised safety requirements for passenger vessels in the event of flooding caused by an incident. The revisions to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) chapter II-1, relating to...

June 15, 2017 No Responses

‘Egina FPSO will enhance NIMASA’s safety regulatory capacity’

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside has said the on-going construction of the multi-billion dollar Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) project will increase the knowle...

June 13, 2017 No Responses

Export of certified yams from Nigeria to U.S, U.K, begins June 29

Barring any last minute adjustment, Nigeria will formally export its first consignment of certified yams to the United Kingdom and United States of America on the 29th of June, 2017. According to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,...

June 13, 2017 No Responses

Liberian-Flagged Ships 1st to Feature ClassNK e-Certificate

The world’s first comprehensive electronic certificate service for classification and statutory certificates, which will first be available to Liberian-flagged vessels, will enter operation from June 15, classification society ClassNK said. The service, Cla...

June 12, 2017 No Responses

FG earmarks Ikorodu Terminal for agro-export, tasks NPA, Customs, NAFDAC, others on quality control

By Moses Ebosele – Inline with the Presidential order on Ease of Doing business and dedication of Seaports for agro-export, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has commenced discussions with the Nigerian Ports Aut...

June 9, 2017 No Responses

EU adopts conclusions on maritime transport policy

European Transport Ministers adopted today conclusions on the priorities for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2020, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) informed. The conclusions endorse the content of the so-called ‘Valletta De...

June 8, 2017 No Responses

China Harbour stakes $86.8m for NPA’s equity in Lekki Deep Seaport

The proposed agenda to concession Lekki Deep Seaport has assumed a new dimension as China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) indicates interest to stake $86,810,000.00 for the balance of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) equity. The development is coming les...

June 8, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

MD, NPA Hadiza Bala Usman (left); the Comptroller General Of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.) (middle) and Executive Director, Marine and Operations, NPA, Dr. Sokonte Huttin Davies (right) during the stakeholders meeting on the implementation of the Executive O...

June 3, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

Minister of Defence, Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (Rtd), (3rd left); Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Hadiza Bala Usman (left); Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi G. Olonisakin; GOC 81 Division, Major General EB Oyefolu (2nd right); FOC Western Nava...

June 2, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (Middle); British Deputy High Commissioner, Laure Beautis (left) and Alessandra Lustrati of the Department for Foreign International Development (DFID) and Private Sector Adviser, both ...

June 1, 2017 No Responses

Ooni implores NPA, stakeholders on trade facilitation, packaging, AGOA

The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has challenged stakeholders to uphold and take advantage of the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA). Specifically, the Ooni, who spoke in Lagos at a forum comprising of representati...

May 30, 2017 No Responses

Drewry: Container carriers heading to profit

The majority of container shipping lines lost money in the first three months of 2017, but higher rates and fast-growing demand will soon show on the bottom line, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. In its last Container Forecaster report, Drewry...

May 20, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (2nd left); Practice Manager, World Bank, Benedict Eijbergen (left); Senior Transport Spec., World Bank, Olatunji Ahmed (2nd right) and the Technical Assistant to the MD, Dr. Abubakar D...

May 19, 2017 No Responses

FG gives agencies 60 days to harmonise operations at Seaports, insists on 24 hour services at Apapa

By Moses Ebosele – The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday signed three executive orders “that will significantly change some of the ways government business and operations are conducted in the country forthwith”. Ahead of the signing...