DESPITE completing the legislative process of three major maritime bills by members of the National Assembly, former President Mohammadu Buhari could not assent the bills before leaving office because they arrived at his table after he left office.

Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, collected a total of N502.99 billion in revenue between January and July 2023, in addition to recording 16 seizures with a combined Duty Paid Value of N1.4 billion.

A group under the aegis Council of Maritime Transport Association, COMTUA, has expressed joy over the recent dissolution Customs Strike Force saying, “The decision aligns perfectly with the goals and objectives of our association’’.

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has taken over areas leased to it by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the Continental Shipyard for the operations of the modular floating dock.

By Godfrey Bivbere Lack of transportation of goods by ships within the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is putting pressure on the road infrastructure within the region, the Customs Area Controller, CAC of Seme Border Command, Dera Nnadi has said. The CAC disclosed this at the ECOWAS-organised meeting between officials of Nigeria and […]

By Godfrey Bivbere Dredging activities by promoters of a portion of Port Novo Creek opposite the Tin-can Island first gate has blocked the drainage that discharges flood water from the terminals at the port into the creek. Vanguard Maritime Report learnt this development grounded operations at Five Star container terminals and some other terminals following […]

By Godwin Oritse CHAIR of the Nigerian chapter of the Mission To Seafarers, MTS, Lagos, Adebayo Sarumi, has said that operators and stakeholders in the Nigerian Maritime industry must support the humanitarian works of the Mission so as not to disrupt international trade. Speaking to Vanguard Maritime Report at the Sea Sunday celebration of seafarers, […]

By Providence Ayanfeoluwa The holding bay initiative is a brainchild of Council of Maritime Transport Unions and Associations, COMTUA, said the association’s President, Adeyinka Aroyewun. Aroyewun explained that before COMTUA came into existence, a lot of issues were associated with the maritime transport industry. He stated: “We were faced with traffic gridlock, congestion, returning of […]

FOLLOWING the destruction of its food export terminals, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food in collaboration with Lagos Free Zone, a venture of the Tolaram Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to build a grain terminal in the Lekki port, Nigeria.

FOLLOWING the invasion and destruction of fishing settlements in the Lake Chad Basin by insurgents and other terrorist groups the Fishery Federation Cooperative Association of Nigeria, FCAN, has said that the issue of insurgency has brought about a lull in fishing activities in that axis.

By Pius Mordi He was not there in 1985 when one-time Minister of Transport, late Major General Ibrahim Gumel, decided to liquidate the Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL). With that singular decision, the country’s classification as a ship owning nation, a status that had been sustained since 1959, disappeared overnight. Nigeria’s ownership of a national […]

HE Nigerian Port Consultative Council, PCC, is currently in talks with the management of the Apapa Local Government Council to find permanent solution to the perennial traffic gridlock on the port access roads.

Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has attributed the large number of check points manned by security agents along the especially between Agbara, Badagry and Seme to what they called ‘Nigerian factor’.

Nigeria’s role in supporting maritime security and global trade through NIMASA is resonating beyond her shores; powered by political will, enabling legal framework and necessary assets for enforcement.

Subaru Anataku