NIWA moves to improve waterways security
IN bid to attract private investments to enhance the nation's Blue Economy initiative, the management of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has commenced moves to improve security on waterways across the country.
AMANO advocates 100 years port development plan
THE Alumni Association of Maritime AMANO, has suggested for a 100 years port development plan that will continue to respond to the dynamic nature of Nigeria’s port industry.
Secure Anchorage Area: Navy, NIMASA intensify security efforts
IN a bid to secure the Nigerian maritime space, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, in collaboration with the Nigerian Navy are currently intensifying efforts to protect, interdict, and deter threats around vessels anchored in the Secure Anchorage Area, SAA, off the coasts of Lagos.
Nigeria has 2.5m metric tonnes of fish deficit — Minister
DESPITE being the largest producer of fish in Africa, Nigeria currently records a 2.5million metirc tonnes of fish deficit, a situation that may have jeopardised protein intake amongst Nigerians.
Corruption in ports batters Nigeria’s global rating — NSC
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, Hassan Bello has said that the negative global corruption rating of the country is not unrelated to the activities in the nation’s ports.
NPA records 6.6% decline in vessel call
Reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the maritimes sector, the number ships that sailed into the nation’s port (vessel call) fell by 6.6 per cent, year-on-year, (y/y) to 3972 in 2020 from 4251 in 2019.
Customs impounds unregistered drugs, contraband worth N869m
By Godfrey Bivbere THE Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS C’ has said that it intercepted various contrabands with a Duty Paid Value, DPV, of N869.5 million in January 2021. The seized items include 1,024 cartons of unregistered pharmaceutical products, 1,046 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50kg each, 290 […]
Customs raids 1,930 smuggled rice from warehouses, seizes N708m contrabands
By Godfrey Bivbere & Eguono Odjegba FOLLOWING Comptroller-General of Customs,’ CGC, directives to various formations of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, to rid warehouses and markets across the South-West of smuggled foreign rice and contrabands smuggled into the country, the CGC Strike Force has seized 1,930 bags of 50kg smuggled rice evacuated from various warehouses […]
New CNS, flags off ‘Exercise Secured Waters’ to address maritime illegalities
• Deploys 14 ships, 2 helicopters, others By Evelyn Usman THE new Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo, Monday, flagged off his first quarter sea excercise code named ‘ Execise Secured Waters’, aimed at cubbing maritime illegalities such as piracy , sea robbery among others, in the nation’s maritime domain. Fourteen […]
Apapa gridlock: Lagos Task Team seeks collaboration with Shippers’ Council
By Godfrey Bivbere THE newly inaugurated Lagos State Government Task Team on Restoration of Law and Order on Apapa Ports Access Roads has solicited the cooperation of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, to enable it solve the traffic problem in Apapa. Chairman of the Task Team, Toyin Fayinka, during a courtesy visit to Nigerian Shippers […]
COVID-19: Government must prioritise vaccination of seafarers, dockworkers — STOAN
By Godwin Oritse IN order to keep international trade unhindered, the Federal Government has been urged to prioritise access to COVID-19 vaccination for Nigerian seafarers and dockworkers. Spokesman of the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria, STOAN, Dr. Bolaji Akinola, who made the call in a statement in Lagos said seafarers and port […]
