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Maritime security: Navy, NIMASA set to improve information sharing
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Navy are set for a regime of improved information sharing as arrangements to integrate the Command, Control, Computer Communication and Information Centre,…
Lockdown: How skeletal banking frustrates Apapa, Tin-Can ports operation
Investigation have revealed that following the lockdown in Lagos, skeletal banking operations which include non-availability of confirmation of payments, raising of bank drafts, lack of foreign exchange for import and export purposes among…
Covid-19: NPA defines port charges waiver, issues terms and conditions
FOLLOWING the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and outcry by clearing agents that terminal operators are refusing to comply with demurrage and storage waivers as directed by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the NPA in a second letter to the…
Oily yards, collapsing quay threaten Five Star Logistics port operations
FINDINGS have revealed that terminals 9 and 10 of the Tin-Can Island Port being operated by Five Star Logistics Limited are currently being threatened by collapsing sections of the quay apron and an oily yard that turns slippery…
Maersk remains open to customers in Nigeria
MAERSK Nigeria Limited has said that its offices remain open to customers in the country.
Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, neighbouring Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja are currently under lockdown, but government…
NIMASA appoints Philip Kyanet as new spokesman
THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has appointed Mr. Philip Kyanet as the agency’s spokesman and Head of Public Relations.
The appointment is part of the ongoing restructuring of the agency by the newly…
Covid-19 hits Nigeria’s indigenous shipping as 40 vessels get laid-off
AS the harsh realities of the Covid-19 pandemic bite harder on global economy, indigenous ship owners in Nigeria have continued to count their losses following the lay-off of 40 vessels from charter services by major oil companies…
Covid-19: NIMASA donates 20 ventilators, N50m to fight pandemic
In the face of huge global demand, the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA has donated 20 ventilators to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.
The Agency’s Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh who…
Gulf of Guinea: Pirates, sea-robbers attack four vessels in 2-days
Information made available by foremost maritime security online reporting firm, Dryad Global indicates a torrid time for vessels visiting the Gulf of Guinea in recent time, as reports revealed that four vessels, MV LANA, MV ANASA,…
Pirates attack, shoots vessel in Nigerian waters
Pirates on Friday fired shots at a vessel, MV LANA 30 nautical miles South East Egina Terminal, exactly 99 nautical miles South of Bonny Island.
According to Dryad Global analysis, "Report indicates that the MV LANA has been attacked by…