MARITIME

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has threatened to shut down the nation’s ports over 43 per cent hike in customs duty. President of the association, Alhaji Olayiwola Shittu, said this on Thursday in Lagos. Shittu noted that the association condemned in totality the monetary policy that led...

In order to provide an avenue for offering knowledge to financial institutions in respect of the area of maritime law and practice, with particular focus on the ‘ship arrest procedure’, Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), a leading law firm in Lagos and highly steeped in the field of maritime law and...

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said that the command intercepted a reversal pistol, four bullet and two Toyota Camry. The Customs Area Controller of Tin-Can Island Command Yusuf Bashar disclosed this in Apapa, Lagos. He said that the pistol was discovered in a Toyota Camry Solara a chases number 4TIFA38P46U065280 adding...

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has demanded for world-class service from operators in the maritime sector. She disclosed this in Lagos yesterday in her maiden meeting with operators in the sector. Operators in the Nigerian Ports include shipping companies, terminal operators, service...

Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has welcomed the appointment of Ms Hadiza Bala Usman as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Agbakoba in a press statement extolled the DG and urged her to immediately review concession agreement in the country. According to him, “The immediate tasks that should be...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Hadiza Bala Usman as the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA). Hadiza Usman, coordinator of the Bring Back Our Girls group is presently Chief of Staff to the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai. She has worked for the Bureau of Public Enterprises...

Importers and freight forwarders in the umbrellas of Shippers Association Lagos State (SALS) and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) are worried over the sudden increase in Customs duty at the ports and borders. While the SALS expressed the fear that importers and exporters may abandon their...

The annual report of 2015 released by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has revealed that about 5,090 oceans going vessels with a Gross Tonnage (GT) of 144.20 million tonnes called at the Nigerian ports in 2015. The report shows that all the ports in the country recorded a decrease in...

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has rolled out the Agency’s Medium Term Strategic Growth Plan for the maritime industry. Peterside said that NIMASA was facing dearth of fund to pay workers salaries and execute projects. He disclosed this on Wednesday...

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has called on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to remain committed to its ideals of professionalism in the discharge of its mandate. Receiving a delegation of the management of the foremost News Agency in Nigeria led by its Managing Director, Mr...