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NIWA to collaborate with states to boost inland waterways operations
R-L: Barrister Danladi Ibrahim, the Acting Managing Director, NIWA; Mr Femi Ajishafe, General Manager, Research, Planning and Environment and Mr Mu'Azu Sambo, Lagos Area Manager, NIWA at the news...
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Nigerian Shippers’ Council works towards quick cargo clearance at ports
Executive Secretary, NSC, Hassan BelloThe Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has intensified efforts to ensure that quick cargo clearance is achieved at the nation’s ports as early as possible, once the...
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NIMAREX 2015: Ports Regulator tasks FG on Maritime Industry development
The nation’s ports regulator, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Monday urged the federal government to pay special attention to the development of the maritime industry.The Executive Secretary of the...
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Dockworkers threaten to shut Nigeria’s ports over unpaid salary arrears
National President of the MWUN, Mr Tony Nted President, Dockworkers Union of MWUN, Mr Adewale Adeyanju and other union members during the 2014 strike action in Apapa port...
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Customs declares war on smuggling of Poultry Products, launches Operation...
CGC, Dikko AbdullahiThe Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has declared war against smuggling of poultry products with the launch of a special unit for this purpose code-named ‘Hawk Descend’.Comptroller...
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Experts Push for Manpower Devt, Professionalism in Shipping Sector
Experts in the maritime industry on Tuesday at the fifth edition of the Nigeria Maritime Expo(NIMAREX) said development and growth of the sector will depend on capacity building and...
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Indigenous ship owners yet to take charge of Cabotage, says maritime lawyer
A maritime lawyer, Mrs Oritsematosan Edodo-Emore, on Wednesday said indigenous investors in Nigeria’s coastal trade had yet to take charge of the Cabotage Act since enactment in 2003.Edodo-Emore...
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APM Terminals invests N80 billion on expansion in 9 years, says Country manager
Country Manager, APM Terminals Nigeria, Mr David SkovThe Country Manager, APM Terminals Nigeria, Mr David Skov, on Wednesday said the company had invested not less than $350 million (N80.5 billion) in...
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MD NPA calls for repositioning of maritime potentials as alternative revenue...
L-R: AGM Commercial Services & Port Promotion, Mr. Bassey Jonah ; AGM Public Affairs, Mr. Musa Iliya, Executive Director;Marine & Operations, Engr. David Omonibeke and Managing Director NPA,...
View ArticleTUI cruises obtains financing for its newbuildings
The German cruise operator, TUI Cruises, has secured financing from German banking consortium led by KfW IPEX-Bank for its order for two new ships from the Finnish yard Meyer Turku shipyard, the...
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FG declares Kaduna ICD port of origin, final destination
The Federal Government has declared the Kaduna Inland Container Depot (ICD) as port of origin and final destination by the government.This is contained in the federal government gazette No. 60 Vol.102...
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Finnish company’s garbage reducing invention
A new briquetting technology by the Finnish company Evac could see a reduction in ships’ garbage volume by a factor of ten.The machine, paired with Evac’s mixed-waste macerator, can create dry...
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Shipping will require additional 42,500 officers in five years
Shipping will require an additional 42,500 officers by the end of 2019 to cope with the expected growth in the main cargo carrying fleet, equivalent to 7 percent growth over the five year period. But...
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Shipowners association decries foreign operators’ dominance of Nigeria’s...
The Nigeria Indigenous Shipowners Association (NISA) on Tuesday lamented the continued dominance of the coastal trade in spite of the provisions of the Cabotage Act.Speaking at a News briefing in...
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Royal Bank of Scotland pulls out of Greek shipping market
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is planning to close down its office in Greece and to put its US$5 billion shipping loan portfolio for sale as part of its plan to cut non-core activities and focus on...
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Buhari sacks NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi ... Dissolves Governing Boards of...
Dr Ziakede AkpobolokemiPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday sacked Dr Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's apex maritime regulatory agency,...
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Operation “HAWK DESCEND” seizes frozen poultry products worth over N12m
CGC, Dikko AbdullahiFrozen poultry products worth over N12 million was seized during the first week of operation “Hawk Descend” in the South Western axis of Nigeria – Benin border, the Nigeria Customs...
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Nigeria fails to make top 10 world container ports list … Asia dominates top...
An eloquent testimony that Nigeria’s ports reforms programme may not be the roaring success the Federal Government, and its agencies, notably the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), as well as the...
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Intels redeems N1 billion commitment to East-West Road repair project
Integrated Logistics Limited Company (Intels) says it has fully paid up its contribution of one billion Naira (N1,000,000,000), being part of the three billion Naira (N3,000,000,000) needed for the...
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Nigeria bans 113 vessels from lifting crude oil and gas
President Muhammadu Buhari has banned 113 vessels from lifting crude oil and gas from 27 designated terminals in the country.A memo dated July 15 that originated from the Nigerian National Petroleum...
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