NPA worried over weak compliance of EO on ease of doing business at ports
…Plans to seek Osinbajo’s intervention More energies are beginning to flow to the direction of criminalizing breaches of any Executive Order (EO) so handed down by the federal government on any sector of the economy. It would be recalled that…
Shippers’ decry rising volume of leaking, dirty, outdated containers coming from EU, Asia
Fresh challenge frustrating ease of doing business at the Nigerian ports has been identified by the Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) following the observation that Nigerian ports are gradually becoming a dumping ground for aged outdated containers. The group’s…
NPA hails Nigerian females to first operate RTG in Africa
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, has expressed pride and confidence in the special ability of the women folk in an effort to enhance the Maritime industry and improve the nation’s economy through incursion into areas…
NPA meets PH, Onne ports stakeholders, chats new future for progress
Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), in continuation of its ongoing interaction with the Ports Communities, has held stakeholders forum for Onne and Port Harcourt ports business operators. The aims of the seating, among others were to identifying areas…
Navy’s duplication of NPA’s Maritime Safety Information portal worrisome
On Thursday last week, the Nigerian Navy (NN), unveiled an online Maritime Safety Information (MSI) portal and data centre to provide mariners with real time security and safety information on the waterways. These were the exact roles assigned to the…
SIFAX boss, Afolabi envisages shut down of Tin Can port due to access
Percentage access to Tin Can Port, Lagos is getting to the lowest ebb due to poor access roads. Already, businesses located within the complex have all relocated out of the axis, thus raising more frustration for port business owners that…
$20m bribe saga: AGF delaying advice to NPA on indicted Swiss firm
Investigations at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on the response of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on the authority’s request for advise on whether to continue relationship with the Swiss firm convicted for spending $20m in bribing…
Heavy national losses loom if NPA fails to reinstate Intels agreement
The sudden termination of the 17 years pilotage monitoring and supervision agreement with leading maritime logistics firm, Integrated Logistics Services Nigeria Limited (Intels), by the Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA) is still trending and causing disquiet both within and outside the…
NPA now working on transfer of pilotage service to another firm—Usman
Indications emerged on Monday showing that chances of change of mind on the termination of its pilotage monitoring and supervision agreement with maritime logistics firm, Integrated Logistics Services Nigeria Limited (Intels), by the Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA) may have been…
Aniebonam, advises NPA boss, Usman to use her discretion to review payments in dollars
The founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has called on the managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, to use her discretion as provided by the Standard Operating Procedures of…
