MARITIME

says govt ready to partner Shippers' Council for early realisation of project Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, said that Ibadan Inland Dry Port is a project that is after the heart of his administration, adding that the government would do all that is necessary to ensure every bottleneck...

The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has pledged management’s determination to reposition the nation’s seaports for greater efficiency, safety and accountability. Bello-Koko made the pledge in a statement signed by Mr Olaseni Alakija, General Manager Corporate and Strategic Communications, on Monday in Lagos....

President Muhammadu Buhari will launch the assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection, also known as the Deep Blue Project, in Lagos on June 10. Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Jamoh said preparatory...

 The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has  urged the Federal Government to encourage more private sector operators to finance critical sectors of the  maritime industry to boost its revenue. Mr Alex Okoh, Director General, BPE made this assertion during a webinar on “Public Private Partnership as alternative financing model in...

 The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) on Thursday gave regulated service providers one month to register with the council or face sanctions.The Executive Secretary, Mr Hassan Bello disclosed this in Lagos at a sensitisation clinic for regulated service providers, the second phase for shipping companies, terminal operators and inland container dry ports....

  Alhaji Ahmed Rabiu, Managing Director, Dala Inland Dry Port in Kano State says the project will cost 27 million dollars.Conducting an inspection of the project located at Zawaciki, in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state, Rabiu, said the first phase would be completed by June at a cost...

  The Senate has waded into the exorbitant increase and unjustifiable shipping fees charged by shipping and cargo companies to Nigeria. The decision to do was reached on Wednesday during plenary after the upper chamber considered a motion to that effect sponsored by Senator Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah (YPP, Anambra South)....

 Ports & Cargo Handling Services, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, is targeting 300,000 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) cargo capacity for 2021. Mr John Jenkins, Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling Services, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. A TEU or Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit is an exact unit...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday announced the appointment of three  Pre-shipment Inspection Agents (PIAs) and two Monitoring and Evaluation Agents (MEAs), for the Nigerian non-oil sector. A statement by Dr Ozomena Nnaji, Director, Trade and Exchange Department indicated that each of the appointed agents would cover an...

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has directed its legal department to put on paper an agreement with the Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Ltd., to ensure 2022 as operational year of the port. Amaechi gave the directive during a monitoring visit to the Lekki Deep Sea Port Project on...