Maritime
Organized Maritime Academies Seeks NIMASA Board Membership
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The Association of Licensed Maritime Academies of Nigeria (ALMAN) has sought to convince the Honourable Minister of Marine And Blue Economy, H. E. Adegboyega Oyetola, CON to recommend to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu, GCFR that a permanent representative of the Association be…
Frontline Maritime Journalist, Sylvanus Obasi Bags Fellowship Award From CMA
By Asella Offorka, Lagos Foremost maritime journalist, gender advocate and social innovator, Mr Sylvanus Offorka Obasi has been honoured with Fellowship Award by Crown Maritime Academy, a leading private maritime training institute in Nigeria. The Fellowship Investiture was conferred on Mr Sylvanus and four others by the Chairman, Board of Fellows of CMA, Rear Admiral…
‘Maritime Sector Will Witness Rapid Transformation In Shortest Possible Time’ – Minister
…Tasks Maritime Editors On Patriotic, Objective Agenda-Setting Roles By Monica UZENWOKE, Lagos. The Minister of the newly created Marine and Blue Economy Ministry, His Excellency, Hon Adegboyega Oyetola has assured maritime stakeholders that the sector would witness rapid transformation in shortest possible time under his watch as the pioneer minister. Oyetola gave this assurance while…
Bello-koko Commissions WISTA Nigeria New Office, Pledges NPA’s Continuous Support
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Mohammed Bello-koko has pledged continuous support to the Women’s International Shipping And Trading Association Nigeria (WISTA) through timely renewal of its new office and sponsorship of its programmes and activities. The NPA boss made this pledge on Thursday in Lagos while commissioning the newly…
PTML Customs Collects N234b, Surpasses November 2022 Revenue By N20.9b
… As Comptroller Yusuf Congratulates Grimaldi on Berthing of ‘MV Great Lagos’ The Port Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of Nigeria Customs Service has collected a total N234,340,789,594 as revenue as at November 30,2023 thereby surpassing the November 2022 collection of N213,405,461,873 by N20,935,327,721 which represents a 9.8 percent increase. Comptroller Saidu Abba Yusuf, Customs…
Curbing Oil Theft: Tantita On Rescue Mission, Saves Nigeria $43.2m Daily
…As Omatseye Reveals How Foreign Vessels Spend $50,000 For Security Patrols In Nigeria The activities of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a private security operators in combating crude oil theft in Nigeria is estimated to save Nigeria over $43.2 million daily. One of the private security contractors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited,…
‘NSC Promoting Seamless Movement of Cargoes In Nigerian Ports’ – Akutah
The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers’ Council ( NSC), Barr. Pius Akutah has said that Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), as Port Economic Regulator is committed to promoting seamless movement of cargoes as well as efficiency of the nation’s ports. Barr. Akutah stated this when the management of Lekki Deep Sea Port…