Resuscitate Warri port, Olu of Warri charges NIMASA DG
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli Emiko has appealed to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) to facilitate the effective utilisation of the Warri Port and the Koko Port with a view to reviving the economic activities in…
We are Strengthening Zonal Operations to Enhance Efficiency – Dr. Peterside
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has expressed the Agency’s determination to strengthen its Zonal operations to become the centre of the Agency’s activities. By so doing the Agency plans to…
Nigeria has attained 70% Cabotage compliance level—NIMASA DG
Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr. Peterside Dakuku has said that cabotage compliance level in the country has risen to 70 percent. The Inland and Coastal Shipping Act, otherwise known as the Cabotage Act, was enacted…
Reverse airport access gate charge now, NASS orders FAAN
In a motion that was unanimously supported and adopted yesterday, the House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to reverse its decision to increase access gate charge slated to commence on Saturday. The house also…
NIWA begs companies to take advantage of dredged River Niger
Lying idle for more than three years of dredging completion from Baro in Niger State to Warri in Delta State, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has begun a campaign designed to encourage private sectors to invest in ferries and…
Africa now dumping ground for aged aircraft
Chief Executive Officer of South Africa’s Air Traffic Navigation Services, Thabani Mthiyane has said Africa has become a scrap yard for aircraft that have outlasted their utility in Europe. He called on leaders on the continent to assure their presence…
Influx of foreign trawlers into Niger Delta waters worries FG
Disturbed by the infiltration of unregistered foreign fishing trawler operators into the Nigerian territorial waters especially in the volatile Niger Delta region, the Federal Government has ordered the Nigerian Naval Command to investigate and stop the trend. The Federal Government,…
FG’s insincerity bane of Lagos port access roads—Stakeholders
Rising from a recent stakeholders’ summit on challenges facing the nations maritime industry, participants have said that the stretch of road from Coconut through Tincan to Apapa Wharf Lagos is the worst road in Nigeria. In an interview, Mr….
Cabotage Implementation will Grow The Nigerian Economy…Peterside.
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has given the assurance that the Agency will provide platforms for the enforcement of its mandate especially the Cabotage Act. Dr. Peterside said this while…
NIMASA Reforms: DG assures stakeholders of better services
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assured stakeholders in its Eastern Zonal Operations that the era of being tossed between the Zonal Office and the Head Office is over as the Agency has concluded plans to restructure…
