Photo News: SIFAX honoured as Most Outstanding Indigenous Terminal Operator
L-R: Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigeria Shippers’ Council presenting the most outstanding indigenous terminal operator award to SIFAX represented by Olumuyiwa Akande, Corporate Affairs...
View ArticleFG reopens Leventis Bridge, to complete Tin-can Truck Park in May
File photoThe Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Wednesday opened a section of the IJora/Apapa Bridge, which was closed to traffic for repairs in July.Also known as Leventis Bridge, the...
View ArticleCustoms FOU ‘A’ intercepts bales of fake Police uniforms, tear gas canisters,...
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday intercepted bales of illegal police uniform, tear gas canisters and other paraphernalia of the Nigeria...
View ArticlePhoto News: NPA inaugurates CSR projects in Calabar, Cross River State
The Representative of the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Engr. Adams Jatto (Middle), the Obong of Calabar, His...
View ArticleAgbakoba sues AGF, NJC over Justice Onnoghen’s suspension
Dr. Olisa AgbakobaRights lawyer and a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has charged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the National Judicial...
View ArticleApapa Customs Command generates N404 bn in 2018
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, on Thursday disclosed that it generated N404, 020,447,791/42 as revenue for 2018.With the given figure, the Command achieved 95 per cent of its...
View ArticleNIMASA undertakes surveillance training for security agencies
L-R: Manager, HLSI Systems & Technology Ltd, Mr Mickey Har Gaash, Director General, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Petetrside, Best Graduating Student, Mohammed El-Yakubu and the Executive Director (Finance...
View ArticleEU adopts proposal to harmonize MRV with IMO’s system
On February 4, 2019, the European Commission adopted a proposal to revise the EU system for monitoring, reporting and verification (EU MRV) of CO2 emissions from maritime transport.The system will be...
View ArticleOAL appoints Bisi Akodu as Managing Partner, admits 3 substantive partners
Mrs. Bisi Akodu, Managing Partner, Olisa Agbakoba LegalOlisa Agbakoba Legal(OAL) has announced the appointment of Mrs. Bisi Akodu as its new managing partner.Mrs. Akodu succeeds Priscilla Ogwemoh, who...
View ArticleNo more vessel waivers, NIMASA warns
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, DG NIMASA…Commences clampdown on erring vessels.After several warnings, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA has commenced clampdown on vessels that do...
View ArticleIBM tests 'Track and Trace' for container shipping
Dive Brief:IBM and Sigfox, an internet of things (IoT) service provider, have launched a digital "Track and Trace" solution for French auto manufacturer Groupe PSA’s container shipping operations....
View ArticleNPA/Truck Owners adopt temporary call-up system to ease Apapa gridlock
A coalition of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) and Container Truck Owners Association (COTOAN) has expressed confidence of easing the Apapa gridlock through a temporary manual call-up...
View ArticleNigerian Navy records 34 piracy, 20 sea robbery attacks in 2018
File PhotoA total of 34 piracy attacks and 20 sea robbery operations were recorded in the nation’s maritime domain in 2018, the Nigerian Navy (NN) said on Monday.Also 46 vessels, barges and 31 big...
View ArticleICS advocates use of cleaner fuels to achieve zero-sulfur emission target
The shipping industry will not be able to achieve the 2050 greenhouse gas reduction target using fossil fuels, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) pointed out. “Over the next decade we are...
View ArticleCIoTA seeks professionals' contributions for solution to transport sector...
Dr. Bashir Jamoh, President , Chartered Institute of Transport Administration, Nigeria The Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIoTA) Nigeria, has expressed its determination to work with...
View ArticleOcean & Cargo formally takes over Warri Terminal
L-R: Mr. Simeon Okeke, Port Manager, Delta Ports, Warri; Dr. Taiwo Afolabi (MON), Group Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group; Dr. Sokonte Davies, Executive Director, Marine & Operations,...
View ArticleWe need a container freight station, says NPCC Chairman
Otunba Kunle Folarin,A large- enough truck holding facility with effective management, is a vital point to start with in efforts to tackling the traffic gridlock problem facing Apapa, Otunba Kunle...
View ArticleNIMASA DG, Utomi uphold inter-agency collaboration, strong institutions as...
R-L: Guest Speaker, Prof Pat Utomi, New President, Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria, Mr Bashir Yusuf Jamoh, Former Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief...
View ArticleCall to remove CCT Chairman’s name from roll of legal practitioners: Agbakoba...
Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN has responded to Danladi Umar’s reply to his petition that the said Mr. Umar should be struck off the Roll of Legal Practitioners.Danladi Umar had claimed that as Chairman of the...
View ArticleCustoms seized $900m worth of smuggled Pangolin in Nigeria in 2018
The Nigeria Customs Service has disclosed that it made seizures of smuggled Pangolin worth over 900 million dollars in 2018.Asst. Comptroller Mutalib Sule of the NCS, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A,...
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