Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) has granted hosting rights to its 43rd yearly Council and 18th Managing Directors’ Roundtable to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
The gathering of 24 littoral African countries in Lagos, from November 6 to 9, would be declared open by President Bola Tinubu, with the theme: “The Role of Ports in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).”… Read the rest
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has said that as part of efforts to explore the newest technologies in Biofouling and in compliance to International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules, it is hosting a 3-day Biofouling Management Training for coastal states within the African continent.
Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who spoke at the opening session, said that the training would showcase the newest technologies, their application including cost-effective practices and related benefits for the environment and efficiency of shipping.… Read the rest
The federal government, FG, through the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy has expressed its commitment to scaling up Nigeria’s port rating in the global maritime space.
Disclosing this intention at the commissioning of the Mission to Seafarers (MTS) centre in Lagos, earlier in the week, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, said the move is apt especially with increasing global competition which has become imperative for nations to make conscious efforts to deepen the competitiveness of their ports.… Read the rest
The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla has inaugurated a High Endurance Offshore Patrol Vessels (HE OPVs) for the Nigerian Navy at the Dearsan Shipyard, Tuzla in Istanbul, Turkey.
This is contained in a statement by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, on Sunday in Abuja.
Ayo-Vaughan said the vessel is one of two 76m HE OPVs awarded to be constructed by Dearsan Shipyard on Nov.… Read the rest
Boniface Aniebonam, founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), has said that terminal operators deserved to increase storage charges at the nation’s seaports given the impact of high energy cost and naira devaluation on their operational cost.
According to him, the removal of fuel subsidies by the Federal Government, the high cost of diesel, and the declining value of the naira have led to the high operating cost at the port, thereby necessitating an increase in charges.… Read the rest
Naira devaluation, FX scarcity, and high exchange rates are causing a lull in business activities at the nation’s seaport generally, and the brand new $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport is not an exception.
The port, which started commercial operations in April 2023, six months ago, is yet to start witnessing a boom in the volume of import and export containers coming and leaving the port.… Read the rest
Dr Adewale Adeyanju, the President General, of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), has trained the union’s secretariat staff on modern office techniques for effective operations.
Adeyanju in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos said the secretariat staff were drawn from the union’s headquarters, the Nigerian Port Authority; dockworkers; shipping; and the seafarers branches of the union.
He said the training program was designed to equip the affected staff with the basics of modern office technology.… Read the rest
Stakeholders in the port sector have indicated that effective implementation of the Nigerian Port Process Manual, NPPM, through the Presidential Port Standing Task Team, PSTT, would need collaboration amongst the industry players.
A communiqué at the end of a two-day sensitisation programme in Port Harcourt for the NPPM implementation which took this position also pointed out that the PSTT should encourage regular inter-agency meetings in the nation’s port sector.… Read the rest
The bill to amend the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Act has passed the first reading on the floor of the Nigerian Senate.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Wasiu Sanni Eshinlokun, who announced this during a working visit by the committee to NIMASA office in Lagos, yesterday, noted that the Senate of the 10th National Assembly is committed to formulating policies that would ensure Nigerians enjoy the benefits of the blue economy.… Read the rest
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT patrol team has arrested a large fibre boat involved in illegal bunkering activities in Igboelejo community area of Lagos state.
The vessel contains 205 drums of a substance suspected to be Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and other products.
According to the Base information officer, Sub Lieutenant HA Collins, the NNS patrol team in a decisive response to intelligence received on 5th October 2023 through the state-of-the-art Maritime Domain Awareness Facility, the Falcon Eye Alignment, thwarted an illegal bunkering activity, meanwhile the perpetrators abandoned the boat and fled upon sighting our patrol team.… Read the rest