Maritime

There are indications that officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) are helping freight forwarders to evade duty payment on imported vehicles, thereby short-changing the Federal Government in revenue collection.

Former Chairman of the Association of Africa Maritime Administrations (AAMA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, will be speaking at the Sustainable Maritime Industry Conference, scheduled for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from September 4-6.

The Vice Chancellor of Adeleke University, Prof. Solomon Adebola, has admonished creative writers to highlight the problems affecting the nation’s maritime sector through their literary works and offer solutions.

Despite the concession of the country’s seaports, stakeholders and port users have continued to raise questions, while also expecting the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to perform its pre-concession roles to enable the country to regain its position as the maritime hub in West and Central Africa. ADAKU ONYENUCHEYA examines the roles of the authority and…

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has cautioned organisations, parastatals and individuals to desist from unsanctioned incursions into the ports without the approval of the Federal Government regulatory agencies.

APM Terminals’ West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), Onne, Rivers State, said it recorded a significant safety milestone by achieving three million man-hours without Lost Time Injury (LTI) in its ongoing phase two terminal upgrade and expansion.

The Lagos Area Manager of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr. Sarat Braimah has called for serious intervention in engendering a sustainable maritime education curriculum in schools, particularly as a process of closing the professional management gaps in the sector.

The Acting Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has commenced reinvigorating the corporate social responsibilities programme in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to give back to society for supporting it in achieving its core mandates.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have disclosed that it signed memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with 16 countries in three years on the recognition of Certificate of Competency (CoC) and Training of seafarers.

The Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) report for the second quarter of 2023 has shown that seafarers from Nigeria and other countries are facing significant challenges, leading to a further decline in career satisfaction. According to the report released by the Mission to Seafarers (MTS), an average seafarer happiness level declined from a high of 7.69/10…

Transport Policy Analyst and member of the International Association of Waterborne Infrastructure, Lanre Badmus, has decried the Federal Government’s inability to capture inland waterways development in the Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF). He said already, the institutions responsible for inland waterways development at the Federal and State levels are not well resourced, noting that poor funding…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has taken over areas leased to it by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the Continental Shipyard for the operations of the modular floating dock. The areas include but are not limited to the dolphin jetty, waterfront of the jetty adjourning the slipway, an administrative block, a…