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Your appointment call to national service, NPA boss charges Pilotage Board members

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has charged members of the newly inaugurated pilotage boards to see their appointments as a “call to serve the nation in the national interest”. The Pilotage Boards inaugurated were…

Successful anchor of Egina FPSO plus for ease of doing business in Nigeria—Osinbajo

Acting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has traced the successful anchor of the Egina FPSO to growing local content across board and a resounding testimonial of the success of the Ease of Doing Business in respect of the Ports industry. Speaking…

How FG’s default in dredging Calabar Port in 2006 is killing Lagos ports

No doubt, investigations by Business Hilights Intelligence Unit (BHIU) has traced the ongoing intractable traffic gridlocks within the Lagos port city of Apapa to the failed move by the federal government to deepen the draft of Calabar Port in 2016….

Only seamless collaboration amongst agencies’ll drive Inter-Modalsim—NPA boss

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has said that a lot still needs to be done “particularly in synergising efforts and fine-tuning grey areas” in order to ensure continuous improvement in the nation’s inter modal…

NPA, China HEC, Lekki Deep Sea Port seal partnership deal

From Right-Left: The Port Division Manager, China Harbours Engineering Company Limited, Eduardo Du, Executive Director, Engineering & Technical Services (NPA), Prof. Idris Abubakar, Managing Director (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, Deputy General Manager, China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation, Zhou Shangzhi,…

Dredging: NPA in trouble as communities along Escarvos-Warri channel petition FG

For not being factored in ab-initio, loss of livelihood and displacement from their ancestral homes, a number of riverine communities on the way of the dredge channel from Escravos-Chanomi/Ogbe-Ijoh down to Warri Port in Delta State, have raised strong objection…

Dealers hail NPA boss, Hadiza Usman for calling for review of auto policy

A number of automotive dealers in Lagos have advised the federal government to consider the recent appeal by the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman for the review of the current automotive policy in the country….

LAMOTRA seals fresh working relations with NPA at courtesy visit

Members of the Lagos Inland Water Marine, Oil and Gas Transporters Association (LAMOTRA) paid a courtesy visit to the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman at the Corporate Headquarters of the Authority on Tuesday, June 12,…

NPA commissions new vessel acquired by Starz Group, seeks more investments

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has implored the private sector to take advantage of the enabling environment created by the Muhammadu Buhari administration and invest in the nation’s Maritime sector. Speaking in Onne,…

FRSC visits NPA, forges alliance to resolve traffic crisis at port access roads

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (6th from left), the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi (7th from left), the Executive Director, Marine and Operations NPA, Dr. Sokonte Huttin Davies…