The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has identified continuous internal stakeholders’ engagement as a key component of the current management to achieve successful implementation of its tripod mandate of ensuring maritime safety, maritime security and shipping development for the Nigerian maritime industry. At the three-day management strategic session organised by the …

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has commended the efforts of the Nigerian government to suppress criminality in its maritime domain, and by extension the Gulf of Guinea. While on a fact-finding visit to the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Capt. Brian Lisko of the US Department of State, who delivered the USCG message, commended …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has dedicated the award of the Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) conferred on his last week by President Muhammadu Buhari to all maritime industry stakeholders who, he said, have worked tirelessly to ensure that the industry serves its purpose. At a reception in his …

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has stated that stakeholders would continue to occupy premium position in the agency’s life, noting that it is the stakeholders who keep the Agency and maritime business afloat. During this year’s celebration of the Customer Service Week at NIMASA’s headquarters in Lagos, the DG stated his …

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has expressed regret at the recent protest in Manila, the Philippines by over 100 cadets of the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP), assuring that it had the situation under control. In a statement on Saturday issued by the management, NIMASA said that its Executive Director in charge of Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, …

The Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has commended the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for its capacity development initiative in the Nigerian maritime sector. He further applauded the agency for remaining focused in the delivery of its mandate, noting that it has a better image than what it was 10 years ago. Sambo, …

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’ azu Jaji Sambo has said that Nigeria is committed to achieving greener shipping in line with the campaign by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to attain sustainable development in the maritime industry. This is just as Nigeria joined the IMO to commemorate the 2022 World Maritime Day. Sambo said that Nigeria would not be left behind …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh is to be conferred with the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a conveyance letter from the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, the investiture ceremony is scheduled to hold at the …

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Mu’azuJaji Sambo has charged the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to ensure prompt deployment of the modular floating dockyard, which the agency acquired recently. NIMASA’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh told the media in Lagos that the Minister described the deployment of the modular dockyard as one of the low …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Seafarers’ Travel document, which is meant to deepen their existing interagency collaboration. This agreement was reached when NIS Comptroller General, Mr Isah Idris Jere led senior officials of the Service on a working visit to the NIMASA Management. …