Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)
7 Mar
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced a $1 billion reconstruction plan for the Tincan Island Port Complex and the comprehensive rehabilitation of Apapa, Rivers, Onne, Warri and Calabar Port complexes.
14 Feb
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has appealed to the House of Representatives Committee on Ports and Harbours to help facilitate the reconstruction of the port access roads for efficient cargo evacuation.
22 Jan
The Lekki Deep Seaport on Sunday berthed the largest container vessel to sail on Nigerian territorial waters. This was disclosed in a statement by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) which said it has taken trade facilitation a notch higher with the berthing of the largest container carrier. The NPA said the vessel measuring 367M in…
4 Jan
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has threatened to shut down the nation's seaports, jetties and oil and gas platforms from next week Tuesday, given the continued refusal of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and stevedoring contractors to comply with the nation's extant laws. The union in a statement by the Head of Media,…
10 Dec
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has offered clarifications to the Senate Committee on Public Accounts on the debt sum of N1 billion, which the committee said was not clarified in the report of the Auditor General of the Federation. Its clarifications also extended to the $852,093,731.10 cited in the Auditor General of the Federation’s report…
4 Dec
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), yesterday, stated that INTELS Nigeria Limited waived $193 million as part of efforts to resolve stalemate on pilotage contract with the Federal Government.
27 Nov
The Federal Government on Monday revealed that it will spend a total sum of $1.1 billion on the rehabilitation of six ports across Nigeria. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) disclosed this in a statement on X and said it will reduce the high turnaround times of vessels and improve ports efficiency. "To improve the efficiency…
26 Nov
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has proposed a policy to reduce the number of regulatory agencies operating in the port to a maximum of four. He disclosed this at the just-concluded ministerial retreat of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, in Lagos. “I highlighted to the Minister, Adegboyega Oyetola,…
18 Oct 2023
The Senate Committee on Marine Transport has urged the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to be more proactive in attracting potential lenders to fund ports infrastructure repairs. The Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Olubiyi Fadeyi, stated this during an oversight visit to all the maritime agencies in Lagos, last week. He emphasised that the NPA should…
25 Jul 2023
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has raised the alarm about increasing extortion along the access roads of the Lagos and Tin Can Island Port Complexes. Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, Managing Director, NPA, said this in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. According to Bello-Koko, this is coming on the heels of the clearance operations the authority…
17 Jul 2023
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in collaboration with the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) over the weekend commenced a total cleanup of environmental degradation in Apapa and its environs. LASTMA spokesman Adebayo Taofiq in a statement said the police, Op MESA, and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) were involved in the cleanup. General Manager of…
10 Jun 2023
The Federal Government has begun moves to transship cargoes to Cameroon, Niger Republic and Chad with the newly acquired 80 Tons Bollard Pull Tugboats by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to boost operational efficiency at the Lekki Deep Seaport.
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