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Why FG’s Ease of Doing Business initiative may not work- Stakeholder

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

A key stakeholder in the Maritime sector in Nigeria and President, National Council of Managing Directors of Customs Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), has expressed worries that the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) directive on the Ease of doing Business initiative

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NPA expresses preparedness in combating maritime pollution

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

• Charges new officers on excellence In a bid at providing efficient port services in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman has expressed the satisfaction of the organization Environmental Pollution preparedness concerning oil spillage on the nation’s territorial waters. In this regard,

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Apapa Gridlock- Stakeholder exonerates tank farms

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

A former Minister of Interior and CEO, Integrated Oil and Gas, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho has said the continuous traffic gridlock witnessed daily along the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports access road is not caused by Tank Farms owners but rather by containers trucks. This, he said is as a result of increased numbers of […]

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Regional collaboration tops agenda as Nigeria, Ghana sign MoU on maritime operations

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

In line with its vision to enhance regional integration to develop capacity, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghanaian Maritime Authority, GMA. The highlight of the renewable MoU, which has a lifespan of four years, include Knowledge Transfer and Sharing Initiative between both agencies;

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Port access Road: Stakeholders canvass tax holiday for terminal operators

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

In a bid at find a lasting solution to the perennial traffic situation occasioned by the deplorable nature of the roads in the nation’s port cities of Apapa, stakeholders in the Maritime sector have called on the Federal Government (FG) to act by granting terminal operators opportunity to repair the roads. According to them, granting […]

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NIMASA urges investors to tap in World’s fastest growing sector

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has charged Nigerians to key into the opportunities afforded by the Blue economy stating that it is the fastest growing sector in the world with enormous business potentials. The DG, who made this known recently at the 23rd Nigerian Economic summit […]

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NPA, FRSC collaborate on operational safety

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2017 0

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman has reiterated the commitment of the organisation to ensuring safety standards for all aspects of operations at the nation’s seaports. She expressed this commitment in her remarks at the opening ceremony of a ‘Capacity Building Workshop on Minimum Safety Standards’ for trucks doing […]

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Funds may hamper Rivers, Delta Deep Seaports’ project

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2017 0

……Govt yet to raise $16bn The timely completion of the construction of the two-deep seaports in Bonny, Rivers State, and Warri, Delta State may be at risk if feelers coming from The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi ,is anything to go by. According to the minister, about $16 billion is required for the construction of […]

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NRC set to flag-off 24-hour containers evacuation from Apapa

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

In a bid to address the perennial congestion and gridlock in the Apapa Area of Lagos State, the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) is set to flag- off 24-hour movement of containers from the nation’s busiest port in Apapa Lagos to Ebute Metta from where trucks would evacuate the containers and move to various parts of […]

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Climate Change: How NIMASA is fighting scourge- Peterside

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said that in a bid to fight the menace of climate change, the agency has come up with various strategies, including implementation of the MARPOL Annex VI, as well as the regulation of bunker fuels of vessels calling at the […]

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Executive Order – Hadiza reassures on port road rehabilitation.

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

In consonance with sustaining the implementation of the Federal Government’s Executive Order concerning the ease of doing business at the nation’s seaports, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority [NPA], Hadiza Bala Usman has inspected the progress of work at the ongoing reconstruction sites at Apapa. Addressing journalists during the tour, the NPA

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NIMASA urged to look inward over revenue generation, seafarers training

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2017 0

Stakeholders in the maritime industry have faulted the approach of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) by junketing around the country looking for countries to train its cadets in the absence of a Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL). According to the Special Adviser on Seafarers Affairs to the President-General of the Maritime Workers’ Union […]

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Cargo inspection regime contravenes WCO framework-Stakeholder

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2017 0

A key stakeholder in the maritime industry and President, National Council of Managing Directors of Customs Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA),Mr. Lucky Amiwero has said that Nigeria’s cargo inspection regime, DIR, contravenes the World Customs Organisation’s ( WCO’s) Safe Frame Work of Standard to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade. This, he lamented, is responsible for

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NPA expresses worry over maritime domain security

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2017 0

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has reiterated the agency’s concern over the safety and security of operations and activities on the nation’s territorial waters. Usman expressed this concern through the organisation’s Executive Director in charge of Finance and Administration, Mohammed Bello Koko, who ably represented her when

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Maritime security: Effective policing crucial to development, growth- NIMASA

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2017 0

…..Assures police of continuous collaboration The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that effective policing is an essential component of the development and growth process of the Nigerian Maritime sector. The DG, while receiving a delegation of the Police Force, Maritime Command, led

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NPA proactive, prepares employees for retirement

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2017 0

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has expressed commitment to preparing its ageing workforce for life after retirement. Addressing a cross-section of the upcoming set of retirees in a sensitization and awareness programme held recently in Lagos, NPA Managing Director, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, enjoined the retirees to ensure they carefully embark on future ventures so as […]

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Tin-can Island Port warns importers against contrabands

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2017 0

….Generates N183bn in 8 Months The Tincan Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has warned importers to desist from the importation of banned goods. This is even as he called for information that will assist the command in nailing smugglers and illegal importation. The Controller of the Command, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf pointed […]

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Apapa Road: Stakeholder proffers solution to gridlock

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 0

In a bid to find a lasting solution to the perennial traffic situation that has affected the port city of Apapa, Chairman of Integrated Oil and Chief Executive Officer of Genesis Worldwide Shipping, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho has advised the Federal Government to knock down old and obsolete buildings that are constituting a stumbling block to […]

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Top women in the maritime sector

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 0

They are big players in the maritime industry in Nigeria, they play in the big waters and are making waves in the ocean. BABAJIDE OKEOWO profiles top women in the maritime sector and how they are carving a niche for themselves in a rather male dominated industry. Hadiza Bala Usman: MD, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. […]

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Shipping’s recovery insufficient to lift seafarer wage costs-Report

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 0

Despite a recovery in cargo shipping markets, ship manning costs will remain suppressed as shipowners and operators continue to be financially- challenged; and the officer shortfall recedes, this is according to the latest Manning report published by global shipping consultancy, Drewry. The lack of confidence in the industry has seen wage increases almost at a […]