Nigeria Committed to Effective Ballast Water Management—NIMASA
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, 2004. Dakuku also said NIMASA remained determined to ensure cleaner oceans and a safe, secure…
Gulf of Guinea: Buhari, IMO seek joint security architecture for safe shipping
President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated strategic joint security architecture amongst all maritime nations to fight piracy along the Gulf of Guinea in African waters. In his keynote address at the opening of the Global Maritime Security Conference (GMSC), presented by…
Why Nigeria lost election into IMO Council in London
More details have emerged on why Nigeria lost out in the recently conducted elections into the International Maritime Organization (IMO) category C Council seat. The worst is that the lost came at a time Nigerian delegation of 36-man led by…
Revive your shipping industry to gain from Blue economy, IMO tells NIMASA
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), has called on the management of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), to face the reality of reviving Nigeria’s moribund shipping industry. Addressing participants on Thursday, at the opening of the ongoing 4th Regional…
Hosting AMAA by NIMASA waste of resources as there is no hub to boost—BH Report
Contrary to the claims of the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside that hosting of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) 2017 conference will boost Nigeria’s quest of becoming maritime hub…
NIMASA to learn how to disburse CVFF from other African maritime nations at AAMA
Just as indications are beginning to emerge President Mummadu Buhari will on April 20, meet the body of African Maritime leaders under the aegis of Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA), industry experts who have been calling on Nigerian Maritime…
