Tag: Maritime
Maritime: Deputy governor tasks Navy on ship building
The Bayelsa State Deputy Gov., Rear Adm. John Jonah (rtd.) on Sunday tasked the Nigerian Navy on ship building, saying…
NIMASA to address maritime security challenges
Dr Dakuku Peterside, the Director General (DG) of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), said on Tuesday that the…
Shippers’ Council pledges to foster global maritime best practices
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) will be partnering the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) to promote a conducive business…
Navy commitment to protect nation’s maritime domain
The Nigerian Navy (NN) said it would continue to protect the nation’s maritime domain against crude oil theft and any…
Nigeria, Korea to strengthen maritime partnership – Peterside
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said there is need…
Oil Theft: Okowa challenges Navy to check loss of revenue
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Following the economic woes facing Nigeria and the attendant financial crisis due to the dwindling revenue…
Naval Chief unveils new strategy to tackle maritime crime
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, in one of his first major policy and administrative decision,…
75 Percent Insurance Certificates Fake —NIA
Director-General, Nigerian Insurers Association, Sunday Thomas, has lamented that about 75 per cent of insurance certificates obtained by importers in…
Piracy: Nigeria Leads In Gulf Of Guinea
Pirate attacks dropped to the lowest, since 2008, this year as the presence of naval forces helped deter Somalis from…
Nigerian Navy Holds Seminar On Peace Keeping
Due to the enormity of the emerging Peace Support Operation, PSO, challenges in the sub-region and other parts of the…
IMO, Abuja MoU Host Maritime Administrators
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in conjunction with Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (PSC) for West and Central…
‘Ports Reforms On Course’
Contrary to insinuations that the committee set up by the government to reform the ports has gone to sleep, the…
Inadequate Funding Hinders Maritime Growth
Inadequate understanding of the workings of the maritime industry by Nigerian banks in formulating policies has been identified as the…
Piracy Bill Presented To Stakeholders
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has presented a Draft Bill on Piracy and Other Unlawful Acts at…
Shippers Council Wants To Be Port Regulator
Capt. Adamu Biu, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has said that the council was the only agency with the…