Two years after, NIMASA mulls Cabotage compliance strategy
More than two years of his appointment, the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has introduced New NIMASA Cabotage Compliance Strategy (NCCS) towards the actualization of a successful coastal and inland trade regime….
MAN, NNPC partner to build capacity of seafarers
The management of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, and executives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other major oil exploration firms in the country have sealed an agreement for the training of seafarers from the Niger…
Too many talks without action on sea piracy, other marine crimes worry stakeholders
Africa and mainly Nigerian stakeholders in shipping and maritime business have expressed worry over what they described as too much preparation to fight piracy and other criminalities at seas without any real action for some time now. To experts, proposals…
2 months after, NIMASA begins 24 hrs issuance of Debit Notes to agents
Barely two months after the Presidential directive on the resumption of 24 hour port operations in Lagos ports, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said it has commenced a 24 hour turnaround time for analysing cargo manifests and…
NIMASA steps up collaboration with agencies for early takeoff of maritime Varsity
After period of palpable objection, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has started working closely with some Agencies of Government at both Federal and State levels to ensure that academic activities at the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU) commence…
As Egina FPSO sails to Nigeria in August, hope rises on oil earnings
Just as the multi-billion dollar Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel currently under construction in Geoje, South Korea, will begin its homeward sail to Nigeria in August, industry experts have started looking at what it add to the…
NIMASA set to seal MoU deal with Ghana to grow regional maritime industry
Indication has emerged that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to provide support to the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) through a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The areas being considered for the MoU are; regular knowledge…
Nigeria’s Egina FPSO nearing delivery in Korea, to arrive August—NIMASA DG
Feelers from the fabrication site of the multi-billion dollar Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) scheme in Geoje, South Korea have indicated that finishing touches is being given to the platform and it will be home come August this…
NPA, Customs join forces to speed up Executive Order in Nigerian Ports
The combined authorities of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday in Apapa sealed a new pact to drive the Executive Order issued by the Acting President on ease of doing business as it concerns…
Come and invest in Nigerian maritime industry, NIMASA tells Europeans
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that Africa is ready to engage on equal terms with the rest of the world in the area of maritime businesses; hence Nigeria…
