By Godwin Oritse THE Nigerian Maritime Aministration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has restructured its International Ship and Port Facility Security, ISPS, Code Unit with a view to beefing up security at the nation’s ports and port facilities. Speaking to Vanguard Maritime Report,  Assistant Director in the Unit in charge of ports, Mr Adebayo Olatoke, said that […]

By Godwin Oritse with agency report Ghanaian fisheries observers now fear for their lives as they get offers of bribes, as well as threats from Chinese-owned trawl fleets operating in Ghana’s waters, for favourable reporting according to an Environmental Justice Foundation, EJF, report. Due to the threats from the Chinese fishing boats, they end up altering […]

By Providence Adeyinka The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has proposed to convert the NIMASA Science and Technical College, NSTC Okoloba in Delta State, into a skill acquisition center for Niger Delta youths on how to build ships and small watercraft. Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, revealed this in a statement where […]

By Godfrey Bivbere About 40 passengers being conveyed from CSM area of Lagos Island to Apapa area last Friday escaped death as the ferry engine parked up mid-way through the trip. But for the intervention of National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, and about four other privately owned ferries, the incident would have been fatal. The […]

By Providence Adeyinka Rice smugglers attacked a Customs formation in Igboora area of Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State, last weekend where three Customs officials and a Soldier were allegedly injured. Customs Public Relations Officer, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Theophilus Duniya, revealed this in a statement, saying that the incident happened around 8.00 […]

By Godfrey Bivbere Stakeholders in the cargo clearing services have claimed that the preference of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, for 100 per cent examination instead of using scanners is affecting cargo dwell time at the nation’s ports. They also lamented the impact of inadequate cargo handling equipment at terminal operators’ facilities as contributing to the […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command, on Tuesday, said it generated N366 billion in the first half of the year. The Area Controller, Comptroller Yusuf Ibrahim, said at a media briefing in Lagos that this represents 61 per cent increase when compared to the N227 billion collected in the first half of 2020. […]

By Godfrey Bivbere The immediate past Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, Hassan Bello, has said that his biggest regret is the gridlock in and around the Apapa port environment which lasted throughout his tenure. In an exclusive interview with  Vanguard Maritime Report, in his office in Lagos, Bello explained that about four […]

By Eguono Odjegba Immediate past Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, Mr. Hassan Bello, has condemned the apparent show of superiority by some government maritime agencies as unhealthy, counterproductive and unacceptable. He noted that such conduct is not only incompatible with official normal and official business ethics, but capable of undermining strategic cohesion and […]

By Godfrey Bivbere & Eguono Odjegba The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, weekend, officially ended his career at the agency after twenty two years of service; including eight years in the council’s topmost leadership position.   Statesmen, captains of industries, corporate associates, friends, well wishers and stakeholders, including the Minister of […]

By Godwin Oritse FOLLOWING the launch of the Deep Blue project two weeks ago by President Muhammadu Buhari, the International Maritime Organization, IMO, has commended  Nigeria for playing a leading role in efforts to secure the Gulf of Guinea, saying “it will continue to support the country and the region”. Secretary General of the IMO, Kitack […]

By Godwin Oritse FOLLOWING the emergence of the first female Tug Boat Captain, Canus Ebinipre Robinson, Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko, has restated that the agency will continue to empower and provide opportunities for women in the maritime industry, while taking deliberate steps to nurture young women maritime professionals. Bello-Koko gave […]

As inspection declines 13.2% By Godwin Oritse THE Abuja Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, in its 2020 financial year recorded a massive 57 per cent drop in the detention of vessels as only nine vessels were detained in 2020 as against 21 in 2019. Also the group reported 13.2 per cent drop in the number of vessels inspected […]

By Godfrey Bivbere and Providence Adeyinka Nigerian women in the maritime industry have been charged to explore investment opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement AfCFTA which came into full effect in January 2021. President of the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association, WISTA, Mrs Eunice Ezeoke, made the charge in Lagos while heralding the […]

Says Deep Blue Project will solve Nigeria’s Maritime insecurity, boost Economy Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said that the problem with the Seaport is efficiency, and Terminal Operators must contribute to the total reconstruction and reorganization of the Apapa Seaport. Amaechi stated this on a TV programme, Monday, citing the drastic […]