Commercial operation begins 2022 – management Breakwater construction at the Lekki deep seaport is 50 per cent completed, and the entire port project will be completed next year, while commercial operations begin in 2022, the management has said. The Technical Director, Steven Heukelom, said in Lagos that when completed, the […]

To curtail the current congestion in the Lagos Pilotage District and the consequent increase in vessel waiting time at the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) will today begin to divert waiting vessels to other ports. The measures, which were adopted during the agency’s meeting with shipping […]

Only contributing shipowners eligible, says Peterside Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, President, WIMAFRICA, Jean Anichere, and Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, at the maritime stakeholders meeting in Lagos on the disbursement of CVFF Over 15 years after the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) was created, and after many failed […]

Managing Director of Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan For an increased credit to the agricultural sector, which will assist Nigeria in its food self-sufficiency drive, Ecobank Nigeria Ltd is partnering the Nigeria Incentive-based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), the bank’s Head of Agric Business Department, Mojisola Oguntoyinbo, said in Lagos. […]

As 181 staff, GAC, APMT, others receive NIMASA awards NIMASA Director-General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside (left), Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, NIMASA Employee of the Year, Omagbemi Constance Evi, and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, during the NIMASA Corporate Dinner and Merit Awards in Lagos Nigeria is […]

APMT, TICT, others win maritime industry awards NIMASA Board Chairman, Maj.-Gen. Jonathan India Garba (rtd), congratulating some of the long service award recipients during the event in Lagos…Saturday Nigeria is targeting a top 70 ranking in the World Bank Ease of Doing Business index by 2023, having moved up 39 […]

Afolabi As NIMASA sets standard, holds industry awards, dinner tomorrow The transformations initiated by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in the sector have set standards for other sectors in the drive for national economic prosperity over the next decade, the Group Executive Vice Chairman of SIFAX Group, […]

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it intercepted various contraband items worth about N67.4 million within the past week, following credible intelligence. The seizures, which included 2,065×25-litre kegs of vegetable oil, 1,185x50kg bags of foreign parboiled rice and 1,500×25-litre kegs of diesel […]