Maritime Security: 1,226 candidates complete NNBTS
ONE thousand two hundred and twenty-six candidates of the Nigerian Navy Basic Training School, NNBTS batch 29, have completed a nine-month rigorous military and practical training, as part of the Nigerian Navy’s efforts to safeguard the nation’s maritime environment for sustainable defence and national prosperity.
Maritime security: NIMASA, Navy to improve information sharing
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Navy have made arrangements to improve information sharing through their respective security platforms to enhance maritime security in the country.
Cargo Defense Fund: Stakeholders urge board, NSC to avail operators use of secretariat
AFTER over a decade of remaining in limbo, operators of the maritime industry have urged the Board of Trustees of the Cargo Defence Fund, CDF, to re-jig the fund’s secretariat to allow stakeholders direct their complaints and apply for intervention fund to deal with myriads of issues for which the CDF was set up.
The Fund was established as limited guarantee company to mitigate losses incurred by shippers, especially small time importers and exporters, who may not have the financial muscle to pursue their legitimate maritime claims.
Maritime community must develop action plan — NCMDLCA
AS the Coronavirus,COVID-19, pandemic continues to spread across the country, customs agents have called for the development of an action plan by stakeholders in the maritime sector of the nation’s economy
Jos ICD: FG takes over Duncan Maritime Ventures’ N3.5bn investment
THE Federal Government has bought back the investment of about N3.5 billion by Duncan Maritime Ventures, DMV, in the Jos Inland Container Depot, ICD, as it seeks new investors for the project.
Use of scanners’ll increase revenue generation, security—Apapa Customs boss
Apapa Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, handles 70 percent of imports and export in the country. Customs Area Controller, CAC, of the Command, Mohammed Abba-Kura recently spoke with Vanguard Maritime Report’s GODFREY BIVBERE on challenges facing the Command, last year’s experience, the use of scanners, training of officers and many more. Excerpts: […]
