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.
Tin-can gridlock drives up trucking cost by over 100%
By Godfrey Bivbere The gridlock currently being witnessed at Tin-can Island Port, Apapa, Lagos, has driven up the cost of trucking consignments from the port to other parts of Lagos by over 100 percent. The cost of trucking consignments from Tin-can to Ikeja about two to three months ago used to be between N400,000 […]
Maritime workers union decries unpaid benefits to ex-NNSL workers
***Says FG has abandoned retirees to die, suffer By Victor Ahiuma-Young Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has decried the protracted delay in the payment of pensions and terminal benefits to the former employees of the defunct Nigerian National Shipping Line, NNSL, lamenting that the affected ex-NNSL staff have been going through untold hardships leading […]
Buhari nominates Adalikwu for MOWCA Secretary General
The Federal Government has nominated Dr Paul Adalikwu to contest for the position of Secretary General of the Maritime Organisation for West and Central Africa, MOWCA. This represents the first approval by a Nigerian president, and the first time Nigeria is indicating interest in producing the head of the 45-year-old organisation. Election into the office […]
Govt action fails to curb port access road gridlock
Factories groan over 5,000 trapped containers By Godwin Oritse MARITIME INSPITE of renewed efforts by government to find solutions to Apapa traffic gridlock, there seems to be no end in sight to the menace as over 5,000 containers belonging to various manufacturing factories are currently trapped at the Tin-Can Island port. Managing Director of an […]
NEPC seeks one window platform for export efficiency
THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, has canvassed for the creation of a single window platform to be known as Domestic Export Warehouse, DEW, targeted at making exports more efficient.
FG sets up governing board for diving professionals
THE Federal Government has set up the Diving Governing Board to implement the provisions of the 2018 diving regulations even as the appointment of Julius Ugwala as Chief Inspector of Diving for the country has been announced.
Port access road: Congestion worsens at Tin-can port
As over 40 vessels stranded at anchorage By Godfrey Bivbere AS the slow pace of work at the Tin-can end of the port access road continues resulting in difficulty in evacuation of cargo, congestion has built up leading to over 40 ships waiting at the anchorage for berthing space. The situation brings to the fore […]
CONGESTION: Shippers Council, FRSC, Ports & Cargo seek alternative route
AS the gridlock around Tin-can Island port which has resulted in the congestion at the terminals continues unabated, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, and the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, have started strategising for alternative routes for passage of trucks.
NPA to commence automated call-up system Jan 2021
THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has said that it will deploy the much expected automated call-up system of trucks into the Apapa ports in Lagos to curb the problematic traffic congestions along the port corridors by next month.
Lagos ports crises management: Controversy envelopes withdrawal of Shippers Council from PTT
THERE are indications that the working relationship between the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, the ports economic regulator, and the Presidential Task Team, PTT, on Apapa Ports traffic gridlock, may have collapsed.
How corruption fuels Apapa traffic —Stakeholders
By Godfrey Bivbere & Providence Adeyinka THERE are indications that the problematic traffic bedevilling the port city of Apapa, Lagos and its environ is being fuelled by corruption with some stakeholders smiling to the bank daily even as the sector which is the second largest revenue contributor to the economy bleeds. Investigation by Vanguard Maritime Report revealed […]
Dry ports as catalyst to economic growth
By Martins Uba Nwamadi SOMETIME in 2005, Nigeria Shippers Council, NSC, conceptualised an idea of a dry port project in Nigeria. According to the template, Dry Ports in Asia, North America, Pakistan, UAE and some African countries have contributed tremendously to the economic growth of those countries. Armed with statistics and intimidating profile, the management […]
Nigeria’s shipping industry declines
Ranks dismal 48 in global merchant shipping fleet By Godwin Oritse LESS than two weeks to the end of the year, there are indications that Nigeria’s shipping industry may have declined as registered vessels dropped to 412 with 524,978.58 tonnage in 2020 as against 607 with 1,278,041.75 tonnage registered in 2019. Meanwhile, the World Merchant […]
Labour threatens shipping companies over unfair practices
•Seeks dredging of Calabar Ports By Victor Ahiuma-Young MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, have decried alleged unfair Labour practices by shipping companies operating in Nigeria, warning the companies to end perceived anti-Labour policies and practices to avoid the wrath of organized Labour. At the Union’s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Lagos, it’s President-General, […]
Osinbajo launches manual to create enabling environment for port users
By Providence Adeyinka THE Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has launched a Process Manual on Port Operations aimed at fostering an enabling environment for domestic and foreign port users. The manual was developed by stakeholders led by the Technical Unit on Governance and Anti-Corruption Reform, TUGAR, an arm in the Presidency. Osinbajo noted that the manual […]
