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April 6, 2017 No Responses

‘How criminal gangs use UK ports to defraud EU customs’

By Andrew Hosken (BBC) Systematic failures by UK customs officials have allowed criminal gangs to defraud the European Union of at least £2bn in just four years plus billions more in lost VAT, the EU anti-fraud office OLAF has claimed....

April 3, 2017 No Responses

BPE decries inadequate dredging of Calabar Seaport Channel

Worried by the inadequate dredging of the Calabar Seaport Channel several years after its terminal was handed over to concessionares, the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has pledged to “step in” and briefed the Federal Government adequately. According to...

April 3, 2017 No Responses

Report explains 22.4 per cent drop in terminal operators’ earnings

A report published in March by top global accounting and audit firm, Deloitte has revealed that Terminal Handling Charges (THC), which is the main revenue stream of terminal operators in Nigeria, declined by 22.4 per cent between 2006 and 2016...

April 3, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA to owners of abandoned ships: Remove or lose them

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has warned owners of abandoned Ships/Vessels to urgently remove same from the Nigerian territorial waters on or before 28th of April 2017 or risk sanctions ranging from forfeiture or removal by th...

March 31, 2017 No Responses

Critical role of environmental safety, security, by NPA boss

The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA) has assured stakeholders in the Maritime sub- sector of its readiness to prioritize matters concerning Operational, Safety and Security with the view to providing necessary support in this regards across the na...

March 24, 2017 No Responses

Cosco Shipping records 29 % drop in profit

Cosco Shipping International (Hong Kong) has seen its profit for the year ended December 31, 2016 plunge by 29 percent to HKD 236.5 million (USD 30.4 million) from HKD 362 million (USD 46.6 million) reported a year earlier. Although the...

March 22, 2017 No Responses

NPA: Our operations are in tandem with due process

The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has refuted a Newspaper report indicating that bidders for a cargo survey contract were on war path. According to NPA’s General Manager incharge of Public Affairs, Nduonofit Effiong, the authorit...

March 21, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA audits 16 maritime institutions, explains billing of pipelines, oil rigs, others

The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has concluded audit of accredited 16 maritime institutions. Accredicted by NIMASA, the maritime training institutions offer courses in line with the International Convention on the Standards of T...

March 17, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

Chief Michael Kayode Ajayi (right), erstwhile spokesman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) hands over to Elder Effiong E. Nduonofit (left), who mounts the saddle in the capacity of the new General Manager, Public Affairs of the Organisation.

March 16, 2017 No Responses

NPA boss pledges competitive tariff regime, actualisation of deep seaports

The proposed competitive tariff regime of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) would place the Agency on a better platform in the sub-region, Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman has said. Addressing a team of Oxford Business Group UK, who paid her a...

March 15, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: Daughter of late General Adeyinka Adebayo, Mrs. Nike Makinde (Nee Adebayo); Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman; Son of the deceased, Otunba Niyi Adebayo and his wife, Erelu Adebayo, when the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports ...

March 9, 2017 No Responses

Forum hings Seaports’ growth on adequate infrastructure, single window, others

For Seaports in Nigeria to attain sustainable growth and development, there is the urgent need for the Federal Government to implement existing laws, provide adequate infrastructure and streamline cargo clearance operations and procedure. Speaking in Lagos on ...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

Dangote seeks unhindered movement for trucks with perishable items, special seaport for export

By Moses Ebosele – The Vice President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Sani Dangote on Monday in Lagos implored relevant Government agencies within and outside the Seaports to facilitate unhindered movement for all trucks conveying perishable items. Speak...

February 22, 2017 No Responses

FG adopts 60-day plan on ease of doing business at seaports, airports, others

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) chaired by Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has approved a 60-day national action plan to push through short term reforms at seaports, airports and other locations . The Acting President, who addre...