Blue Economy Ministry without national fleet can’t fly—Ogbeifun
Top flight shipping magnet and chief executive of Starz Investments Nigeria Ltd, Engr. Greg Ogbeifun has made it clear that the actualization of the vision of the Marine and Blue Economy Ministry relies on the establishment of a national shipping…
STARZ Marine Group visits NPA, seeks stronger partnership
The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), led by the Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman Tuesday, played host to the Executives of STARZ Marine and Engineering Ltd. The visitors led by the managing director, Greg Ogbeifun were on a…
Again, NIMASA fails to disburse $100m Cabotage Fund in 2019 Q1
As the economy begins its journey into the second quarter of 2019 today, it has become very clear that the Federal Government through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), failed in its promise last year to flag off…
How NIMASA, Amaechi frustrated shippers’ access to CVFF in 2018
Contrary to the whole noise made by the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi and the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Dakuku Peterside on growing Blue Economy and deepening participation of indigenous shippers in…
Vessel import duty: Ministries of Finance, Transportation on opposing pages
President of Ship-owners Association of Nigerian (SOAN) and chairman of Starz Investment Group, Engineer Greg Ogbeifun has called for synergy between the Ministries of Finance and transportation especially on issues bordering on Customs duty on acquired new vessel which currently…
Crude lifting: NNPC, NIMASA close ranks to boost indigenous shippers’ capacity
If the new arrangement being worked out by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety (NIMASA) is anything to go by, there are chances that the end point will be the changing of crude…
Shipping stakeholders’ cite failures, demand sack of NIMASA DG
Considering the recent failure of Nigeria in winning a Council seat at the International Maritime organization (IMO) election in London where Nigeria went with over bloated delegation of 40 people, and the hard skin being displayed by the Director General…
Ogbeifun opens up on why floating of national fleet flopped
Contrary to earlier speculations that Federal Government’s plan to float national fleet with private investors failed to materialize due to poor interest from the private sector, President, Shipowners Association of Nigeria (SOAN), Greg Ogbeifun has provided a clear lead to…
SOAN confused, lacks courage to pressure NIMASA for disbursement of CVFF—Observers
Stakeholders in the nation’s shipping industry have decried the high level of sycophancy being displaced by the leadership of Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN) following the congratulatory message it sent to Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the Director General of the…
Why SOAN wrote NIMASA to disburse Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund—Ogbeifun
President of the Shipowners Association of Nigeria (SOAN), Engr. Greg Ogbeifun has disclosed that his association has written the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on why it can no longer hold on to the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund…
