Maritime Report
APAPA TRAFFIC: 50% Lagos Ports cargo to be evacuated by rail – Shippers’ Council
By Godfrey Bivbere & Providence Adeyinka As part of measures to curb the chaotic Apapa traffic, the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC) has hinted that plans are underway to get about
Seizures at ports: Stakeholders task NDLEA on respect for rules of engagement
By Eguono Odjegba INDUSTRY players and analysts have advised the leadership and management of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to stick with the Standard Operating Procedure, SOP, in
NSC, NPA, NIWA set up committee to regulate barge operations
By Godwin Oritse THE Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA and the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, have set up committee to formulate modalities for the regulation
FG approves 39 licences for fish imports
By Godwin Oritse THE Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has given approval to 39 companies out of 200 that applied for licences
AMANO advocates 100 years port development plan
•Maritime Academy, Oron Commends NPA on Call-Up system By Godwin Oritse THE Alumni Association of Maritime AMANO, has suggested for a 100 years port development plan that will continue to
Secure Anchorage Area: Navy, NIMASA intensify security efforts
•Launch Land, Sea, Air Operational Assets By Godwin Oritse IN a bid to secure the Nigerian maritime space, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, in collaboration with the
Nigeria has 2.5m metric tonnes of fish deficit — Minister
Alhaji Sabo Nanono By Godwin Oritse DESPITE being the largest producer of fish in Africa, Nigeria currently records a 2.5million metirc tonnes of fish deficit, a situation that may have
Corruption in ports batters Nigeria’s global rating — NSC
Hassan Bello By Godfrey Bivbere The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, Hassan Bello has said that the negative global corruption rating of the country is not unrelated
NPA records 6.6% decline in vessel call
By Godwin Oritse MARITIME Reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the maritimes sector, the number ships that sailed into the nation’s port (vessel call) fell by 6.6 per
Customs impounds unregistered drugs, contraband worth N869m
By Godfrey Bivbere THE Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS C’ has said that it intercepted various contrabands with a Duty Paid Value, DPV, of
