The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has stated that a revised working condition for Nigerian seafarers is a major component of the proposed review of the NIMASA Act and the Merchant Shipping Act currently before the National Assembly for consideration. During Wednesday’sinauguration of the Tripartite National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC) for the review of …

The presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has vowed to tackle major maritime industry problems including cabotage regime challenges, port access chaos, non-disbursement of Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund (CVFF), among others, if elected into office in 2023. At a townhall meeting with maritime stakeholders on Tuesday in Lagos organised by Prime Maritime Project (PMP), Kwankwaso …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has said that the agency is reviewing the cost of direct sponsorship of Nigerian cadets undergoing foreign training under the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP). He noted that the review of ongoing sponsorship cost has become necessary due to the global inflationary trends which is …

The promotion of three new Directors has been approved by the Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).   They are: Mr Otonye Obom, Captain Umoren Sunday Michael and Mr Kazir Abubakar Musa.   Eighteen other officers of the agency were elevated to the position of Deputy Director, 20 to Assistant Director, while 431 others were promoted …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) will set up a working committee towards improving liaison between them. This was agreed during a courtesy visit to NIMASA by the management team of NLNG, led by its Managing Director, Dr Philip Mshelbila. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh said that a …

Reprieve has come the way of importers and clearing agents in Lagos who have been granted delivery order extension for goods caught in the web of the strike embarked upon by dockworkers in Apapa ports. The industrial action has now been suspended. In an announcement over the weekend, Maersk Line, the parent body of APM Terminals, the affected traders and their …

The Head of Complaints unit of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Daniel Orume has encouraged Sifax Group of Companies, one of its major stakeholders, to forward the operational challenges issues bothering the company to the council for consideration and possible intervention. Orume, who led his team on an advocacy visit to Sifax main terminal office at Tin Can Island …

Baring any urgent intervention from the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), dockworkers in Lagos seaports appears set to truncate normal operations at the AP Moller Terminal (APMT). The marine workers angst against the foremost terminal operators is not unconnected with the inability of the two bodies to agree on a mutually acceptable condition of service for the mariners who …

… collaboration key to success – NIMASA DG In its 2022 half year report, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has highlighted the reduction in piracy in the globe and expressed optimism that it is a new dawn for the shipping community globally. This is coming on the heels of the Bureau receiving the lowest number of reported incidents during the …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has given assurances that two special mission aircrafts in the deep blue project fleet of the agency would be deployed to fight oil theft and protect the nation’s economy. Speaking at the recently held 16th edition of the Maritime Seminar for Judges, which was organised …