Abuja Declaration from GMNC organized by NIMASA
International delegates at the Global Maritime Security Conference (GMSC) rose at the end of the three days engagement from Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th October, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, with a firm declaration to globally criminalise acts…
Time to key in blue economy to Buhari’s ERGP—Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, in Lagos Thursday averred that this is the right time to factor in Nigeria’s rich maritime resources as a vital economic safeguard and vehicle for the successful implementation of the…
NIMASA/Stakeholders Committee on Cabotage to drive CVFF, others—Omatseye
Former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and chairman of the newly inaugurated NIMASA/ Stakeholders Joint Committee on implementation of NIMASA’s five year strategic plan for cessation of grant of Cabotage waivers, Barr. Temisan Omatseye,…
NIMASA claims faulted as ships still pay for escorts in, out of Nigerian waters
Even though the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), a specialised department of the International Chamber of Commerce, has released its report for the first quarter of 2019 showing an increased level of safety in the Nigerian Maritime Domain, checks in several…
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…
Dead before arrival: Like Amaechi’s national shipping line, like Sirika’s Nigeria Air
Just as Nigerians are yet to come to terms on how Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi in August 2016 went to Singapore and sealed a baseless agreement with Pacific International Lines (PIL), an Asian Shipping giant incorporated in Singapore in…
Return of $195m maritime security contract reechoes FG’s policy inconsistency
The recent announcement by the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, that the Federal Government has reinstated the controversial maritime security contract, three months after it announced terminating it, has generated serious issues bordering…
Best form of repositioning NIMASA is to disburse TMF, CVFF, Experts tell DG
Leading maritime stakeholders have described the definition of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency’s (NIMASA) core mandate of advancing Nigeria’s global maritime goals by the Director General, Dr Dakuku Peterside as false. The DG had at a media chat in…
Creating more agencies in transport sector’ll clash roles, weaken service—NIMASA
The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside has picked holes on brewing plans to create additional agencies in the nation’s transportation industry. Speaking at the 2018 Half Year Maritime Forecast Review in Lagos, he…
New Nigerian floating dockyard to save $100m yearly as hub for ship maintenance
The federal government has taken delivery of a N49bn floating dockyard in Lagos through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA). Whereas the facility will henceforth save as much as $100 million dollars yearly for the government, industry observers…
