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
Rivers State has been shown the strategies to fly off with the recently introduced ‘blue economy’ and dig deep into the $1.5trn global value in the emerging sector.
The strategy was revealed by a foremost maritime investor and shipping magnet, Emi Membere-Otaji.
The Kalabari-born medical doctor and mega investor gave the hint at the one-day seminar organised by the Rivers State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Services on Blue Economy.… 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
The Executive Members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have directed their members to resume work at the nation’s seaports and oil and gas platform.
The union had earlier ordered closure of all the nation’s Seaports, Jetties, Oil & Gas platforms and Terminals in compliance with the organized labour’s directive on the indefinite strike which was to commence on Tuesday.… Read the rest
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has arrested eight stowaways onboard Charminar Panama.
They were arrested on Friday at 2.00 a.m. by its patrol team during its routine patrol of the maritime environment.
Base Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT, Apapa Lagos, Sub Lieutenant HA Collins said the eight persons were arrested based on actionable intelligence, while they were attempting to exit the country through a vessel Charminar Panama within Lagos anchorage.… Read the rest