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NIMASA Automates Verification of New Ship Registration Certificates

…Flags off Enforcement of Marine Environment Protection Regulations The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has announced the electronic verification of the new Ship Registry Certificates the Agency introduced on July 1. The new Ship Registry Certificates now have…

Edo State, NIMASA to collaborate on Benin River Port project – Gov.

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says the state will partner with Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in actualising the Benin River port project. He made this known when the Director-General of NIMASA, Mr Bashir Jamoh, led other members…

NIMASA presents relief materials to Imo State Government

The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has presented some relief materials to Imo State Government to assist her in alleviating the sufferings of Imo indigenes who suffered one challenge or the other in the series of uncertainties that…

NIMASA begins campaign to end war risk insurance on Nigerian bound cargoes.

Amidst the falling piracy incidence in the Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea since February when the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) deployed the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure popularly known as the Deep Blue…

Badagry Deep Seaport game-changer for Nigerian Maritime—NIMASA DG

Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh, says the Badagry Deep Seaport project in Lagos State is strategic to the development of Nigeria as a global maritime hub. Jamoh said this in Lagos when…

COVID-19: Dockworkers/Seafarers are Essential Workers, Exempted from Travel Restrictions —NIMASA

…As Agency Unveils Guidelines for Terminals, Jetties. In line with the newly endorsed protocols by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO] designed to lift barriers to crew changes, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety…

Wellhead Fire: NIMASA Dispatches Team to Investigate Incident

…Cautions Mariners to Avoid Impacted Area The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has sent an investigative team to unravel the circumstances surrounding a recent fire incident at a wellhead offshore Ondo State. The incident involved a barge belonging…

NIMASA Investigates Cause of Dead Fish along Niger Delta Coastline

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced a scientific inquiry to identify the cause of the recent shoals of dead fish washed ashore along the Niger Delta coastline states of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, and…

COVID-19: NIMASA Extends Certificate Validity For Seafarers

…Move Geared Towards Keeping Them In Job – Jamoh The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has extended the validity of Statutory and Trading certificates for all Nigerian Registered vessels. These include Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW)…

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…