By Godwin Oritse AGAINST the backdrop of a renewed congestion at the sea ports and the terminals, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has said that the non-availability of services along other value chain in the cargo clearing process during the coronavirus, COVID-19, shutdown short-circuited free flow of […]

By Dirisu Yakubu   THE Nigeria Shippers Council, NSC and the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, are working on a model on how to reduce the cost of doing business with the introduction of insurance cover to mitigate risks in ports operation across the country.   This was disclosed by Barrister Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary of […]

THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has cancelled its agreement with Nigeria’s major terminal operator, A.P. Moller Terminal in Apapa, Lagos, over the terminal’s move to take over Lilypond container terminal, also in Lagos.

THE influx of seafarers’ certificate in the Nigerian shipping sub-sector is currently a major source of worry for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and some concerned stakeholders. The issue of fake seafarers’ certification has led to engine of vessels damaged by unqualified sailors that know next to nothing about vessels.

AFTER many years of failed promises to provide Nigerian dockworkers with biometric identification card for easy and secured movement and data verification, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, may have commenced implementation of the program.

A POPULAR African   proverb says the morning determines the day. The morning sets the tone for the rest of the day. And experts say morning habits play a significant role in the success of an individual. That is why Dr. Bashir Jamoh’s early steps as Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, merit attention by stakeholders and the public, generally.

OPERATORS and analysts in Nigeria’s oil and gas and maritime industry have called for the liberalisation of Lagos Deep Off-Shore Base, LADOL Free Zone in Lagos with a view to breaking the chain of monopoly that has hindered the development of the zone.

 The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says it will go tougher with untrained and uncertified boat skippers, who often ignored safety procedures and endanger the passengers’ lives.

IMPORTERS, agents and   haulage services providers have lamented huge financial losses arising from the three weeks sealing of Clarion Bonded Terminal situated within Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, KLT, Command, by the management of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS.

AS the building  congestion at the port continues to raise concern by stakeholders, Executive Director, SIFAX Off Dock, Ibraheem Olugbade, has urged maritime operators to adopt the option of barge transportation of consignments from the Lagos ports.

THE North Central Zone of the Joint Border Operations, JBO, led by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded various contraband goods worth N1.2 billion, even as it disclosed that 53 suspects were arrested between May and June this year. 

STAKEHOLDERS have commended the Nigerian Ports Authority’s, NPA handling of port operations during the period of the lockdown as a result of global coronavirus pandemic. The stakeholders explained that NPA did not only stop the collection of demurrage by terminal operators, it also facilitated the refund of monies collected from importers and their agents during this period.

BARRING any unforeseen circumstances, all appears set for the take off of the construction of the Ibadan Inland Dry Port, IDP, as negotiation between the Federal Government and China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, CRCC, the preferred bidders for the construction of the IDP, is nearing completion.

STAKEHOLDERS are divided over the recent meeting of government agencies in the maritime industry to synergise their operations for the optimisation of opportunities in the sector, even as they called for the expansion of the meeting to include critical private sector operators if the objective will be achieved.

By Godfrey Bivbere AGAINST the backdrop of the diversion of cargoes to seaports of other West African countries following the closure of Nigeria’s borders, the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, has disclosed that a recent policy review meeting has concluded that the benefit of the closure so far outweighs the losses. Some stakeholders had told Vanguard Maritime […]