The Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki has expressed delight at the equipment and assets the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), stating that that underscores the importance the Federal Government attaches to combating maritime crimes and ensuring zero tolerance for illegal activities on the nation’s territorial waters. While on a tour of NIMASA’s facilities and assets …

Attempts to reappoint former Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi are being vehemently opposed by stakeholders in the maritime industry. Amaechi, who was also former Governor of Rivers State, responded to the demand of President Muhammadu Buhari for Ministers and public offers who desired to contest elective positions to quit their offices ahead of the primary elections of the …

Two unmanned aircraft system, nine interceptor patrol boats and 10 armoured vehicles have been added to the assets of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) earlier procured by the Federal Government and commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. This is as NIMASA recently took delivery of additional mobile assets for enhanced maritime security under his deep blue project. While …

Agencies in the Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMoT) have reached an agreement to digitalise their internal processes, while also maintaining focus on actualising the National Single Window regime in the nation’s transportation sector. Briefing the media after the fourth Heads of Maritime Agencies meeting in Lagos, the Registrar of Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Barrister …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh has identified the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) as a major component of the security architecture NIMASA is implementing in the Nigerian maritime domain. While receiving the Deputy Head of the International Maritime Security Operations Team (IMSOT), Jim Hamilton …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is committed to the domestication of her capacity development programme in order to save Nigeria’s scarce foreign exchange required to train young Nigerians abroad. While receiving the management team of Greg Ogbeifun Institute of Maritime Technology (GOMIT) on Wednesday, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh said that NIMASA is working …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has restated the agency’s commitment to ensuring effective pollution prevention and control in the Nigerian maritime domain in order to continue to create an enabling environment for the sector to thrive. Addressing the seventh meeting of the National Standing Committee on International Oil Pollution Compensation …

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has described the “Public Sector Maritime Icon” award given to him by Vanguard newspapers as a challenge to selflessly work harder in the interest oaf Nigeria and humanity. While commending Vanguard Media Limited, publishers of the titles, for finding him worthy of the award, Jamoh said he …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the Nigerian Navy and the Interregional Coordination Centre (ICC) on Tuesday highlighted the need for continuous collaboration with regional and international stakeholders to ensure the sustainability of security in the Gulf of Guinea. This was the thrust of presentations at the fifth plenary of the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum/Shared Awareness …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has stated that the growth potential and high expectations of maritime stakeholders for the industry would only be realised through the development of a system of harmonised Port State Control inspection procedures for West and Central Africa. While addressing Chief Executives of maritime administrations signatory …