NIMASA to review maritime security strategy, says Peterside
Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and
Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to…
Monthly Archives
May 2016
Forecast: Maritime Industry will need almost 150,000 more seafarers by 2025
Image Courtesy: Offshore and Home Trade Seamen's Welfare Trust
(WMN)Unless seafarer training levels
are increased…
Former President, Obasanjo wants Govt., Stakeholders’ focus on maritime sector development
L-R: Chairman,
Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, Former
President of Nigeria,…
Customs tackles smugglers, intercepts 575 bags of smuggled rice at Badagry Creeks
Offloading of the seized bags of rice at the WMC base in Lagos
The Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command, on May…
Navy pledges support to tackle multi-faceted threat to Nigeria’s maritime domain
The Nigerian
Navy has pledged continued support to fight against all forms of threats bedeviling
the nation’s maritime…
Obasanjo warns against use of govt funds to establish new national shipping line
Former
President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday advised against the use of government funds in…
Kirikiri Phase 1& 2 Terminals: Transportation Minister orders NPA to stay action on concession
The Minister of Transport, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has ordered that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stay action on the…
Nigerian shippers lose N15bn yearly to lost cargoes, says maritime lawyer
Nigeria’s maritime
industry loses more than N15 billion annually to lost cargo claims, maritime
lawyer, Mr Emeka Akabogu,…
APM Terminals readies for container weighing
The Netherlands-based APM
Terminals is planning to provide container
weighing services at 29 locations globally to enable…
Nigeria to stop importation of rice, 5 other products by 2018, says minister
Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, the
Minister of State for Trade and Industry, on Wednesday disclosed that the
Federal Government would…