Siemens AG to support Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
MARITIME anti corruption group, Maritime Anti-Corruption Network, MACN, has received the support of the Siemens Integrity Initiative, to scale up its collective action in the fight against the vice in the country.
Why FG, elite neglect maritime sector — Capt Eniosuoh
THE Federal Government and the elite in Nigeria are neglecting the maritime industry because it does not affect their lives directly as the aviation sector, a marine captain and former director of Shipping Development, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Waredi Eniosuoh, has said.
Piracy, maritime insecurity driven by unemployed seafarers’-Merchant Navy boss
EVEN though piracy has become a challenging critical index in global seafaring, its presence and growing recurrences in Nigeria has further been escalated by idle professional seafarers, majority of who are thrown into the labour market, at regular intervals.
PIRACY: Establishment of Maritime Coast Guard only solution – Chris Borha
FORMER General Manager in charge of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Chris Borha, has said that the establishment of a Maritime Coast Guard, MCG, is the only solution to the problem of piracy on the nation’s waters.
SAA: League of Maritime Editors condemns attack on NPA MD at N’Assembly
The League of Maritime Editors and Publishers, LMEP, weekend, condemned the attack on the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, at the National Assembly by hoodlums suspected to be protesting the recent decision of the authority to dismantle the Secure Anchorage Area, SAA, contract arrangement.
Lack of synergy responsible for Nigeria’s loss at IMO council election — operators
Some maritime industry operators have attributed Nigeria’s loss at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council Category C elections to lack of synergy among maritime stakeholders.
Nigerians’ maritime sector participation rises to 40% – NCDMB
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) said on Thursday that Nigerians’ participation in the maritime sector has increased to 40 percent. The Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Mr. Sumbi Wabote, disclosed this during an inspection tour of the Niger-Benue Transport Company Limited (NBTC) in Ovwian, Udu local government area of Delta State. Wabote […]
Maritime: NIMPORT urges responsible adoption of Blue Economy ideals
A ports and terminals promotion body, the Nigerian International Maritime Ports and Terminals (NIMPORT) has called for caution by the Federal Government before actualising the ideals of the Blue Economy in the nation’s maritime sector. The NIMPORT Chairman, Mr. Fortune Idu, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
Coalition asks NASS to revisit probe of $195m maritime security contract to foreign firm,HLSI
Says action gross violation of Nigeria’s status as a sovereign nation By Joseph Erunke – Abuja A coalition of nine civil society organisations has appealed to the National Assembly to revisit its earlier probe on the $195 million coastal waterways security contract awarded an Israeli private firm, HLSI Security Systems and Technologies Limited,by the Nigerian […]
Maritime transport plan under way
TRANSPORT Minister, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has indicated that a strategic maritime transport plan has been concluded and waiting the approval of the Federal Executive Council, FEC.
Maritime workers threaten nationwide strike over Apapa gridlock
Lagos: Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has threatened to withdraw members from the ports and begin a nationwide strike over the traffic gridlock and slow pace of reconstruction works on the roads on Apapa Oshodi Expressway that leads to the Tin Can Island and Apapa Ports in Lagos.
