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 significantly, the growth in demand ...
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, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, Minister ...
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, ...
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 domain security. ...
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 re-floating a new ...
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 concessioning ...
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, said on ...
APM Terminals readies for container weighing
The Netherlands-based APM Terminals is planning to provide container weighing services at 29 locations globally to enable compliance with the ...
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 stop ...
NIMASA in management retreat… plans roadmap for maritime industry development
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) are in a retreat to draw a roadmap for ...
