By Chidubem Anthony Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has flayed the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) initiated by the Federal Government in 2009 for the training of cadets abroad as wasteful, unpatriotic and the reason the local maritime institution and cadet trainer has remained underdeveloped. The foreign training, which took […]

By Chidubem Anthony As its leads rescue efforts with the Nigerian Navy, the Indian High Commission in Nigeria and other security agencies, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has raised a strong suspicion on the status and activities of the hijacked tanker, MT APECUS, and its kidnapped seven […]

NPA Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman (middle), official of AP Moller Capital (APMC), Rotimi Tewe (left), Managing Consultant, AKMS Consulting Limited, Amina Oyagbola (second left), Snr. Investment Advisor, AP Moller, Flemming Dalgaard (second right), and the Executive Director, Marine & Operations, NPA, Dr. Sokonte Davies (right), during the signing of […]

NIMASA Director-General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside (left), presenting plaques to Bank Anthony Okoroafor of PETAN and Dr. Ernest Nwapa at the recently concluded Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said it was already developing policies for a gradual and smooth transition from intense […]

NIMASA Director-General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside right), exchanging pleasantries with the Chief Operating Officer Upstream, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Bello Rabiu (left), while the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Sabiu Zakari, looks on at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) ongoing in the U.S. By Chidubem Anthony Nigeria is considering a […]

• Compt. Mohammed raises concern as 13,810 bags of rice seized in two months Compt. Aliyu Mohammed (middle) with samples of the codeine The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has unveiled a massive interception of smuggled items and contrabands that included 113 cross-border […]

• Seeks tax incentives for ship building By Chidubem Anthony Indigenous vessel ownership and ship building has received a boost as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) set a five-year period to finally end the nation’s cabotage waivers regime that has given advantage to foreign vessel ownership for […]

Towards a full implementation of the Cabotage Act 2003 to promote indigenous shipping, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and key industry players are set to end cabotage waivers for non-indigenous ship owners within the next five years. The proposal, which emerged during a meeting in Lagos between […]

NIMASA Director General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside (right), and the Managing Director, TMC Shipping Pvt. Limited and the Maritime Academy of India, Neeraj Kumar, displaying the Memorandum of Understanding between both organiations for on-board sea-time training for the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme graduates…in Lagos Sixty graduates of the Nigerian Seafarers Development […]