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Maritime Academy denies rift with ship-owners, lauds sea time engagement
The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) has revealed that some ship-owners like Starzs Investment Company and others have already refunded money paid into their accounts over the inability to provide sea time exposure to cadets of the…
Haastrup: it is important ports remain open during COVID-19 crisis
THE Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup, has emphasised the need for the nation’s seaports to remain open at all times while the Federal and State Governments battle to contain the…
Resign or get sacked, MAN tells workers with fake certificates
Management of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) has advised workers with fake certificates to either resign or get sacked. This is even as the MAN management announced the employment of an Indian Master Mariner into the Academy’s…
One year after elections, infighting, bitterness threatens SOAN unity
One year after the emergence of Dr MK George Onyung as President of the Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN), the ship-owners group is battling with infighting and bitterness among its rank.
The President of SOAN, Dr…
APM Terminals Apapa to employ more female staff —Jacob
APM Terminals Apapa joined people around the world to celebrate the 2020 International Women’s Day (IWD) with a commitment to consciously increase female staff employees in its drive towards greater inclusion and gender diversity.
The…
WACT receives Maersk Line’s first direct service ship
Nigeria’s leading container terminal, the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), recently said it had received Maersk’s first direct service containership from far east to the Onne Port in Rivers State.
The gearless ship named KYPARISSIA…
Maritime stakeholders hail new NIMASA management
Stakeholders in the maritime industry have lauded the new executive management team appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) led by Dr Bashir Jamoh, saying that Buhari’s…
SAN: Labour to declare state of emergency in shipping sector
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), on Monday, stated that after 21 days, if the Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN) fails to convene a meeting on improved benefits for maritime workers, the Association will be left with no…
Maritime insecurity: Jamoh urged to tackle rising cost of armed guards
Operators in the eastern flanks of the nations waterways have urged the newly appointed Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh to tackle headlong, the rising cost of armed guards…
Maersk to provide logistics support for FMCG companies in Nigeria
Maersk has unveiled a plan to provide logistics and supply chain management support for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies in Nigeria.
FMCGs are products that are sold quickly and at a relatively low cost. They include…