It was a gathering of ‘who is who’ in the tourism and transport sectors in Abuja recently, as the Institute of Tourism Professionals (ITP) hosted the second...

Determined to rid the ports area of traffic gridlock, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), said it plans to commission two transit parks located at Lillypond, and TinCan Island second gate, to enhance port operations and improve service delivery at the nation’s gateway.     NPA Managing Director, Hadiza Bala-Usman, represented by the Executive Director, Marine and…

Notwithstanding the approval of the contract for the construction of the port access roads, operators said the situation is still posing a threat to lives and operations at the nation’s busiest seaports in Lagos.    The access road leading to the ports is identified as the major challenge affecting the efficiency and competitiveness of the…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has buoyed the local content in the maritime sector, as it floats a training facility that would guarantee capacity building and save the multi-million-naira capital flight hitherto spent abroad. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Ameachi at the commissioning of NPA’s marine and harbour ultra-modern simulation centre at Dockyard, Apapa,…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that its current reform process is targeted at improving revenue generation and competitiveness of the nation’s seaports.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), have sealed a renewed collaboration for the training...

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has stated that the organisation is fully committed to the welfare of women especially those in the maritime sub sector. Usman, who spoke at the 2019 MMS Hall of Famers’ Day and a night of Empowerment in Lagos, called on women in all…

Maritime specialist and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Ecomarine Terminal Limited, Adedayo Moruf Balogun in this interview with SULAIMON SALAU traced the tactics adopted by neighbouring West African seaports to take the advantage of economics of scale of size in shipping and how Nigeria has missed out for deciding to take the back seat. How…

Stakeholders in one of Nigeria’s major seaports, the Calabar Port, Cross River State, has again cried out for urgent attention from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), following many years of neglect.

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has urged the staff of the agency to work hard to improve their productivity and boost revenue generation.

The Federal Government has concessioned the Terminal ‘B’ Warri Old Port, in Delta State, to Ocean & Cargo Terminal Services Limited, in a bid to increase efficiency, improve service delivery, and ensure modernised port development.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is increasing the depth of the draught at Onne Port in Rivers State to 11 metres to allow for patronage by bigger vessels.