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NIMASA Orders Licensed Stevedoring Firms To Begin Operations,
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has directed all duly registered stevedoring companies with operational areas allotted by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), which are yet to start…
Controversies Trail Missing 22 Indian Crew On Aboard MV Gulf Sky
Human Rights at Sea and the Dominica Flag State Administration are increasingly concerned about the change in status of the MV Gulf Sky (IMO 9150377) and its crew, having been informed that the vessel, which was under arrest under a UAE…
Nigerian Military To Investigate Viral Video Of Naval Rating Allegedly Maltreated By Senior Officer
The Nigerian Military has commenced investigation into a viral video by a seaman Haruna Goshit who was allegedly maltreated by a senior naval officer.
According to a statement by Major General John Enenche , Coordinator ,
Defence Media…
MARINE ACCIDENT: Expert Makes Case For Seafarers, Tasks Seamen To Register With Maritime Unions
Immediate past National President, Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association,Comrade Matthew Alalade has called on seafarers to ensure that they register and participate in union activities in order not to…
Barge Operations Originated From Tin Can Island Command Of Customs—- Spokesman
Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has disclosed that the use of barges to ferry consignments out of the nation's seaports was conceptualised by the present Area Controller, Comptroller M.B.A Musa.
Spokesman of the…
FOU Customs Generates N17bn From Smugglers, Importers In Six Months
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service over the weekend intercepted contrabands, and raised debit notes on importers worth 17billion between January to June 2020.
While contrabands intercepted by the…
NAGAFF Boss Tasks Freight Agents To Stop Bribing Govt Officials For Consignments Exit From Ports
Founder , National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) ,Dr Boniface Aniebonam has admonished for practitioners to stop bribing government officials in a bid to exit consignments out of the ports.
Aniebonam who…
Maritime Agencies Adopt Modalities To Address Overlapping Functions
Parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Transportation have agreed on modalities for handling areas of overlap in their responsibilities.
This was contained in a statement on Saturday by the spokesman of NIMASA, Mr.Philip Kyanet ..…
Shippers Council To Stand As Guarantor For Concessionaire Of Ibadan Inland Dry Port
The Nigerian Shippers' Council has indicated interest to stand as surety for the actualisation of the Ibadan Inland Dry Port in Oyo State.
A negotiation meeting has been put in place between the Federal Government and CRCC, the preferred…
SIFAX Boss Harps On Barge , Off Dock Operations To Aid Port Decongestion
Captain Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Director, SIFAX Off Dock, has urged all the stakeholders in the maritime sector to adopt the option of barge transportation for the movement of consignments from the Lagos seaports.
Olugbade said the…