A team of Maritime Safety and Seafarers Standard Department (MSSSD) and Marine Environment Management (MEM) Department of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been dispatched to conduct an on-the-spot assessment and detailed analysis of the recent fire incident at a wellhead offshore Ondo State. Also, for their […]
To achieve a safe and secure maritime domain, the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has asked the Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to speed up the completion of the Deep Blue Project being championed by the agency. The maritime security project, also known as the […]
Jamoh stresses need for inter-agency collaboration in maritime security Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft, Commodore Ibrahim Shettima (right), with the Head, Legal Services, NIMASA, Mr. Victor Egejuru, after the suspected pirates were paraded at the NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos Nigeria will begin the prosecution of criminals in international waters […]
Yahaya (left) displaying the smuggled poultry product with another officer Records vehicles, rice, other seizures worth N13b A vehicle bearing Covid-19 sticker and supposedly for the anti-pandemic campaign has been arrested by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) while smuggling frozen chicken into […]
Alleges ulterior motive behind sudden, inconvenient fixture Citing the Federal Government’s movement restriction across states over the Covid-19 pandemic, the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has called for the suspension of the public hearing on the amendment to the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria […]
Oyinloye Effective strategies for survival of businesses post Covid-19 economic crisis will include adopting new business ideas and improved technologies as core components of a comprehensive business processes and operations, SIFAX Group has said. In his review of the impacts of the pandemic on businesses in Nigeria, the indigenous multinational’s […]
Uncertainty continues, as trans-border trade awaits end of Covid-19 pandemic To strengthen Nigeria’s health infrastructure in the anti-coronavirus campaign, President Muhammadu Buhari has granted duty waiver for medical supplies effective May 1, 2020, and directed the immediate evacuation of all imported medical equipment from the ports. In addition, Buhari directed […]
Usman ANLCA drops strike, NAGAFF dissociates from action All aggrieved clearing agents allegedly compelled by terminal operators to pay demurrage and storage charges during the Federal Government’s 27-day waiver period occasioned by the Covid-19-induced lockdown have been directed to submit their proof of payments to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) […]
CBN begins FX sales for imports, school fees, others In line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the re-opening of some essential business next week, the Presidential Taskforce on Covis-19 has cleared bank branches in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory to open to customers from Monday, May 4. […]
APM Terminals has notified the ports sector of the Nigerian maritime industry and the general public that one of its employees tested positive to Covid-19. In a statement, the General Manager, External Relations, Daniel Odibe, disclosed that the employee was last at the terminal on April 16, 2020 but his […]
