Maritime

THE Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero and Chief Executive Officer, Sifax Group, Dr Taiwo Afolabi have urged stakeholders to reposition the maritime sector in the interest of Nigeria’s economy. According to Bayero, there is need for the maritime sector to provide what he identified as formidable alternative to…

TO further streamline cargo clearance processes, the Nigeria Shippers’ Council (NSC) has advised management of Tin Can Island Container Terminal (TICT) to embrace full automation of its operation. Executive Secretary of NSC, Hassan Bello, who visited TICT on Monday, expressed disappointment at the high human traffic at the Terminal. He identified automation as key in…

THE Federal Government has declared Kaduna Inland Container Depot (ICD) as a port of origin and final destination. This declaration is contained in a government gazette No. 60 Vol.102 of 26th of May 2015 titled Kaduna Dry Port Declaration Order, 2015. The gazette which was signed by the former Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar,…

IT is imperative that Nigeria continues to build necessary maritime infrastructure required to handle prospective growth in international trade, the country manager, APM Terminals, David Skov, has said. According to Skov, ports play an important part in societies such as trade enablers, employers and centers of technology. Speaking at the just concluded 2015 Nigeria Maritime Expo…

THE newly launched Morocco-Nigeria-Mauritania (MNM) Africa Shipping Line has made its maiden call at Port & Cargo Handling Services in Lagos. Some of the ports that the new line, which is the only African container line, would be servicing include those of Barcelona, Sagunto, Tangier, Casablanca, Agadir, Nouakchott, Dakar, Conakry, Lagos, Tema and Abidjan. Speaking…

STAKEHOLDERS at the 2015 Nigerian Maritime Expo (NIMAREX) have emphasized the need for government to strengthen the maritime industry through effective implementation of local content policy and cabotage Act. According to them, implementation of such policies would aid the regeneration of economic growth through the maritime sector. Chairman, NIMAREX 2015 Planning Committee, Ayorinde Adedoyin and…

THE Executive Secretary of Nigeria Shippers Council, (NSC) Hassan Bello, has commended the management and staff of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the growth and development recorded at Nigerian ports over the years. Speaking during a courtesy visit to NPA Managing Director, Sanusi Ado Bayero, Bello called for more collaborations and consultations among all stakeholders.…

CHINA's National Audit Office has issued a report accusing state-run Cosco, the nation's largest shipping line, of alleged serious financial irregularities as the leadership in Beijing tightens its crackdown on corruption. The mainland's highest audit authority found that Cosco Group had allegedly falsified its earnings between 2008 and 2013, leaving out $48 million in revenue…

AS part of measures to boost operational capacity of its members, the Nigerian Ship Owners Association (NISA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Greek Shipowners. Part of the agreement entails acquisition of 40 vessels from a consortium of Greek shipowners for use in Nigeria cabotage trade. The vessels will be of various classes…

Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court, Lagos has adjourned till September 29, further proceedings in the suit filed by the Ports and Terminal Operators Nigeria Limited (PTOL) against the Nigerian Ports of Authority (NPA) over breach of concession agreement. PTOL said the Federal Government, through the NPA, breached the agreement they signed on…

CYBER-SECURITY chief at ESC Global Security, Joseph Carson, has warned that the maritime industry is vulnerable to cyber-crime unless it develops a better awareness of the dangers and adopts security best practice

THE Port Manager, Tin Can Island Port Complex (TCIPC), Babatunde Longe has described the ongoing Apapa gridlock as a major threat to economic activities at the port.