Seaport Archives — Page 4 of 45

January 27, 2023 No Responses

FG Raises Steering Committee For Proposed Ondo, Benin Ports

The Federal Ministry of Transportation has inaugurated a Project Steering Committee for the proposed Ondo Deep Sea and Benin River Ports. The inauguration was performed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation, Dr Magdalen...

December 25, 2022 No Responses

NPA Boss Alleges Blackmail

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko, has decried what he identified as blackmail against his person by unknown Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). According to Bello-Koko, the alleged blackmailers have resorted...

December 16, 2022 No Responses

Onne Port: Customs Generates N220b, Targets N360b In 2023

The Nigerian Customs Service, Onne Area Command, has generated over N220 billion in 2022, targets over N360 billion in 2023.The command’s controller, Auwal Muhammad, stated this during an engagement with Journalists at Onne, Rivers State.Muhammad noted that ...

December 16, 2022 No Responses

NPA Bags BPSR’s Excellence Award

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has been rated excellent in service delivery by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR). In the evaluation of the Self Assessment Tool (SAT) on performance ranking, NPA bagged the Platinum Award after scoring...

December 3, 2022 No Responses

X-Raying Bello Koko’s Transformation of NPA

About ten months ago, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of Mohammed Bello-Koko as the Substantive Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Director, Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Eric Ojiekw...

November 16, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Bags Award For Tackling Corruption At Seaports

The collaborative efforts of the Federal Government, the private sector and a civil society group, Convention on Business Integrity (CBi), to curb corruption at the seaports has earned international praise. The collaboration won the first-ever “Outstan...

November 2, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Tasks Maritime Stakeholders On Compliance With Port Manual

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has challenged maritime stakeholders on the importance of adhering to the Nigerian Port Process Manual (NPPM) in promoting efficiency and transparency in port operations. The Executive Secretary, (NSC), Mr Emmanuel ...

October 26, 2022 No Responses

NPA Boss Explains Onne, Calabar Ports ISO Certification

Habours departments of Onne and Calabar ports have secured the International Standard Organisation(ISO) certification. Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Koko, disclosed on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while featur...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

NPA Task Contractors, Seeks End To Repairs On Tin-Can, Apapa Roads

The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has appealed to the contractors responsible for the ongoing repairs on the two major arteries into the ports in Lagos, the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and the Leventis Bridge on the Apapa-Wharf Road, to hasten.....

September 27, 2022 No Responses

NPA Assures Terminal Operators Of Renewed Concession Agreements

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has assured that the renewed Concession Agreements for five terminal operators that expired in 2021 are almost ready. The Managing Director NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko who made this known during a chat with journali...

September 7, 2022 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Representative of Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Hon. Onari Brown presented the Authority’s plaque to the Chairman, Dala Dry Port, Alh. AbubakarSahaboBawuro during a working visit to the ...

September 5, 2022 No Responses

FG To Fix Port Infrastructure As Bello-Koko Assures of Bonny Deep Seaport Approval

The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo has promised that the federal government will address issues of infrastructural decay affecting trade facilitation at Onne Seaport. Sambo who stated this during a tour of the Eastern ports with Onne as the first...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

NPA Receives 19 Ships Laden With Frozen Fish, Wheat, Others At Lagos Ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday, said 19 ships were expected to arrive at Lagos ports from August 30 to September 9, 2022. According to NPA, four of the ships were carrying frozen fish, while the remaining 15 ships were...