Ports & Cargo Contracts Micura For Stevedoring Services

By Sylvanus OBASI Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited (PCHS), the port management subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has contracted Micura Services Limited to handle its stevedoring services at its terminal in Tin Can Island Port, Lagos.  Platform Reporters gathered that the agreement is part of the company’s broader restructuring effort to enhance efficiency in its…

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NCS Plans To Increase Licensing Fee For Customs Agents

By Sylvanus OBASI In line with its statutory mandate under Sections 103 to 107 of the Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023, and in furtherance of ongoing reforms to strengthen professionalism and regulatory efficiency in the freight forwarding sector, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced consultations with stakeholders on a planned review of licensing renewal…

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MAMAL 2025 Gains Momentum As Ntadi Declares Support For MARAN, Gives Command Facelift

By Sylvanus OBASI The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Patrick Ntadi has expressed readiness to attend the 2025 Edition of the MARAN Annual Maritime Lecture (MAMAL). The lecture, which is the flagship event of the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) is scheduled to hold on August…

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NSC Joins Advocacy Against War Risk Premiums, As Akutah Commits To MAMAL 

By Sylvanus OBASI The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Dr. Akutah Pius MON, has stated that Nigeria has no business being listed in a war risk zone and consequently mandated to pay insurance premiums Akutah made this assertion while receiving a delegation from Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) on Thursday at…

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FOMI Auditions 2025 Contestants, Unveils Season 10 Theme

Face Of Maritime International (FOMI) has auditioned the candidates aspiring to contest in the 2025 edition of the maritime industry pageantry; even as it has also unveiled the central theme of Season 10 as “Beauty For Impacts”. Platform Reporters gathered that Virtual audition which was held on Wednesday featured profiling of contestants, audition pep talks…

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MARAN Rallies Stakeholders For MAMAL 2025, Fixes New Date, Venue

By Sylvanus OBASI The Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) is rallying the Nigerian maritime industry’s creme-de-la-cream, including the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, Tantita Security Services Limited, Engr Greg Ogbeifun, and the Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria (MASPAN), among others. Frontline maritime lawyers are also billed to attend, including Mrs….

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MAMAL 2025: Navy Backs Nigeria’s Removal From War Risk Insurance List

By Sylvanus OBASI The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral Michael Gregory Oamen, on Wednesday, declared that Nigeria no longer has any justification to remain on the list of countries subjected to War Risk Insurance Premiums by international shipping and insurance companies. Speaking during a courtesy visit by…

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Queen Roselyn Concludes Pet Project With Visit To Queens College

The reigning Queen, Face of Maritime International, Queen Roselyn Kanyisola Olanisimi has on July 4th 2025 concluded her statutory pet project by taking the Girls Go-To-Sea Campaign program to the popular Queens College, Yaba-Lagos.  Platform Reporters gathered that it was another successful program, thanks to Mrs Eunice Ezeoke, FOMI Role Model Ambassador and Engr Mrs…

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How SS2 Student Won Scholarship During Maritime Career Talk Held By FOMI

Precisely on July 2nd 2025, the Face of Maritime Queen, Miss Roselyn Olanisimi led the Girls Go-To-Sea Campaign team to Anglican Comprehensive High School, Ipaja-Lagos where it held maritime career talk for the students with a view to encouraging them especially their female students to consider taking a  career at sea.  It was a successful…

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