The United States Coast Guard USCG, has offered Nigeria a three-year plan to work with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA for the removal of the Condition of Entry (CoE), placed on American-bound vessels from Nigeria.
Cdr. Juliet Hudson at the USCG headquarters in Washington DC disclosed this during a peer review visit by a delegation from NIMASA. Hudson announced a bi-annual assessment of compliance level with ISPS implementation at Nigerian Ports working with NIMASA.… Read the rest
The minister said the blue economy had always been there, but not as structured as to generate the kind of revenue a maritime nation like Nigeria should be earning.
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, said this at the inauguration of seven patrol boats by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in Lagos on Thursday.… Read the rest
Maritime workers have issued a warning of a potential nationwide strike if the Federal Government proceeds with its plan to automatically deduct 50% from the revenue earned by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
This caution was conveyed in a joint statement by the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) and the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) in Lagos. … Read the rest
The management of Lekki Port and Lekki Freeport Terminal have assured maritime stakeholders that they will enjoy the use of sea terminal and its state-of-the-art facilities.
This assurance was made during the 2024 Roadshow organised by Lekki Port and Lekki Freeport Terminal in conjunction with the Nigeria Customs Service in Lagos, recently.
The Chief Operating Officer of Lekki Port, Laurence Smith, said that the roadshow was an opportunity to intimate potential port users on the ease of doing business in Lekki Port.… Read the rest
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says the troops of Operation Delta Sanity have intercepted 4,036.7 barrels of crude oil and 270,600 litres of illegally refined AGO, valued N1.05 billion from oil thieves in one week.
The Director of Naval Information, Rear Adm. Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this known in a statement on the operations conducted by the navy between Jan. 29 and Feb.… Read the rest
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ibaka has warned maritime criminals to stay off Nigerian waterways as the command has stepped up surveillance to ensure no criminal escape from its area of responsibility.
The Commander, FOB Ibaka, Capt. Uche Aneke gave the warning on Friday during the handing over of MT BORA to Blueseas Maritime Company as investigations revealed that the vessel was not culpable.… Read the rest
The Nigerian Shipping and Port Economic Regulatory Agency Bill 2023 has passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The Bill seeks to repeal the Nigerian Shippers’ Council Act Cap N133 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), and enact the Nigerian Shipping and Port Economic Regulatory Agency Act.
Presenting the Bill at the House of Representatives, the Chairman, House Committee on Shipping Services, Abdussamad Dasuki, said that the government made the Nigerian Shippers’ Council the Port Economic Regulator in 2015.… Read the rest
The Nigerian Maritime and Safety Administration (NIMASA) has initiated the preparatory phase for deploying the modular floating dock at Apapa Continental Shipyard.
Bashir Jamoh, the director-general, made this announcement in a statement released on Wednesday, February 14, in Lagos.
He said that the installation preparations are underway for the heavy 50-ton cylindrical spuds, which will serve as anchors for the dock.… Read the rest
In what is a far-reaching and the first major judicial decision on the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 (“PIA”), the Nigerian Federal High Court has affirmed the power of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA or Authority) to impose and collect levies on petroleum products sold in Nigeria.
In an action filed by IHS Nigeria Limited and INT Towers Limited against the NMDPRA, the plaintiffs argued that they are not liable to pay statutory 0.5% levies for the ‘Authority Fund’ and the ‘Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund’ respectively on petroleum products they import.… Read the rest
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has rejected plans by the Federal Government to re-float the Nigeria National Shipping Line, NNSL, 28 years after its liquidation by the government of Olusegun Obasanjo.
The Union argued that, besides not carrying organized Labour along, the benefits of disengaged and other former employees of the defunct NNSL are yet to be paid by the same government that liquidated the national carrier 28 years ago.… Read the rest