The International Maritime Bureau, IMB, Piracy Reporting Centre, last week said pirates in Nigeria chased and fired at an LNG tanker, 26 nautical miles off the Bonny Coast.

A maritime expert and also Chief Executive Officer, Safewater Energy and Environmental Restoration Limited, SWEERGLOBAL, Dr Thaddaeus Thompson, has tasked the Federal Government on dredging and ports’ rehabilitation across the country in order to explore its maritime economy for massive flow of foreign direct investments. 

FIVE major container shipping firms, namely  A.P. Moller – Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC  and  Ocean Network Express  are set to form an association with a view to digitalizing, standardising their interoperability in the container shipping industry.

The Federal Government is in talks with Transnet for the concession of the Nation’s railways after General Electric (GE) handed the leadership of the consortium to the South African firm.

DIRECTOR General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has said that the agency will partner with Alumni of Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, AMANO, to ensure that all stumbling blocks for the growth and development of the industry are removed.

THE Governments of  Norway and Nigeria have concluded plans to establish a N16billion fish processing hub at the Marine Department of the  University of Lagos. In this interview with Vanguard Maritime Report, The pioneer Chief Executive of the Centre, Dr. Segun Mogbojuri told Vanguard Maritime Report that the idea is to return Nigeria to the international seafood markets.

Federal University ofPetroleum, Effurun, Delta State, has ventured into ship building with the construction of a passenger ferry, Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Ibhadode, has said.

In a bid to promote the activities  of Terminal Operators in ports across the country, the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has said that operators would be encouraged to take full participation in Trade Fairs and Exhibitions.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has stated that its Product Registration Certificate (PRC) is no longer required for clearing cargoes at the nation’s point of entry. 

Operators in the maritime industry have accused the Maersk Group of gradually building a monopolistic market for it self in the country by creating more favourable opportunities for unit companies to have advantage over other competitors.

A former Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, MAN, Oron, Akwa-Ibom state, Engr Olu Akinsoji, has said that the economic benefits of a well-harnessed waterways transport system will continue  to elude riverine dwellers if urgent steps are not taken to address the missing link between water transport and economic development.

DESPITE its global leadership position in the production of yam and cassava tubers, shea nuts cocoayam, Sorghum melon seed, kola nut and other agricultural produce, Nigeria is not listed in the world Export market.

WORLD container shipping giant, MAERSK, has introduced an online shipping service with a view to providing quality service to its customers.

The dysfunctional state of cargo   scanning machines at the ports has started adding to the already congested ports and border posts,  Vanguard Maritime Report  can authoritatively report.

The Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, has said that the ongoing dredging of the Warii port channel will be completed in two months.