Maritime industry operating procedure abandoned
There are indications that the standard Operating Procedure, SOP, document developed for the effective governance of the Nigerian maritime industry has been abandoned due to lack of implementing agency.
Maritime stakeholders hail new law on piracy
MARITIME stakeholders have commended the recently assented Anti-piracy law saying that the law will further boost the economic fortunes of the nation when it finally comes on stream.
Breaking: Maritime workers suspend nationwide shut down of ports operations
Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN has suspended its ongoing nationwide indefinite strike over unpaid wages to Dockworkers.
Labour directs workers to shut nation’s ports Wednesday
LAGOS—LEADERS of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday directed members to withdraw their services and shut ports operations nationwide from Wednesday over unpaid wages to Dockworkers, among other issues.
14-day ultimatum: Maritime workers mobilise members
LEADERS of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, have set up a strike coordinating committee and directed officials of the Union in all port formations nationwide to begin a massive mobilization of members ahead of Monday’s expiration of the 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to compel International Oil Companies, IOCs, to pay outstanding wages to Dockworkers, among other issues.
Belgium partners Nigeria to boost trade, investment in maritime
As part of efforts to boost trade and encourage foreign direct investment in the Nigerian maritime sector, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has concluded plans to partner with the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.
Attracting right investment to maritime sector
We applaud the ray of hope on the security aspect of the troubled maritime ecosystem which came with the recent report by the International Maritime Bureau, IMB, that piracy declined in Nigerian waters in the first quarter of 2019.
Maritime industry may suffer manpower gap as trainee enrolment drops
The Nigeria maritime industry may soon be affected by a dearth of seafarers as youths are abandoning the profession.
EU funds SWAIMS, PESCAO to end maritime insecurity in Gulf of Guinea
The Economic Commission of West African ECOWAS, Monday, disclosed that it loses an average of 2 billion dollars annually to theft of maritime resources and illegal fishing.
Cabotage waivers has been retrogressive — Maritime stakeholders
MARITIME stakeholders have said that the Coastal and Shipping Act otherwise known as Cabotage law has been more retrogressive than progressive.
US, 33 others declare war on maritime illegalities
No fewer than 2,500 naval personnel drawn from 33 countries’ navies, including United States Coast Guards, participated in the just concluded multinational maritime exercise, codenamed Exercise Obangame Express, with the aim of addressing piracy and other various forms of illegalities in the Gulf of Guinea, GoG, region.
