By Sylvanus Obasi Lagos/Port Harcourt, Nigeria – June 28, 2025 – The Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria proudly celebrates the historic appointments of two distinguished women leaders in the maritime industry: Madam Jemilat Mahamah as Chairman of the Board of the Ghana Maritime Authority and Ms. Iroghama Ogbeifun as a Board Member…
The MARITIME CAREER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM (M-CAMP): is an interactive mentoring platform and career guidance initiative designed to bring maritime students, cadets, aspiring and young maritime professionals face to face with industry experts for the purpose of mentorship, transfer of practical industry knowledge and provision of career guidance in a way that guarantees succession plan for…
The Annual Maritime Students And Youth Conference (AMSAY CONFERENCE) originally known as “A Day With Nigerian Maritime Students” is a youth-centric maritime industry succession plan programme which converge both the young and experienced maritime practitioners and engage them in topical discussions that proffer solutions to critical and contemporary issues affecting the future of Nigerian maritime…
Platforms Communications Concept is a fully-fledged Communication company registered by the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission under the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990 as a media services firm with a niche for rendering specialised media services in business and corporate circles especially in Maritime, Finance, Oil & Gas, Aviation and Transport sectors. VISION: To be pace-setters in…
A WELCOME ADDRESS PRESENTED BY MR SYLVANUS OBASI, MD/CEO PLATFORMS COMMUNICATIONS AT THE 2025 ANNUAL MARITIME STUDENTS AND YOUTH CONFERENCE HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2025 AT MISSION TO SEAFARERS CONFERENCE HALL, APAPA-LAGOS. PROTOCOLS: ………………………………… It’s my pleasure and delight to welcome you all to the 9th Annual Maritime Students And Youth Conference, known as ‘A Day…
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF 9TH EDITION OF THE ANNUAL MARITIME STUDENTS AND YOUTHS (AMSAY) CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY PLATFORMS COMMUNICATIONS ON TUESDAY MAY 27, 2025 AT MISSION TO SEAFARERS CENTRE, APAPA- LAGOS, NIGERIA. PREAMBLE: The AMSAY Conference is a Nigeria maritime industry succession plan programme that centres on the youth on whose shoulders rest…
In continuation of our special series on the just concluded 2025 Annual Maritime Students and Youths Conference (AMSAY), in this part 2 of our report, Platform Reporters chronicles more of the pungent statements made at the occasion which we consider as Words on the Mable. Enjoy the excerpts: “Since the AMSAY Conference debutted in…
The 2025 Annual Maritime Students and Youths Conference (AMSAY) may have come and gone, but the echoes still reverberates the entire maritime industry in Nigeria. In this special report, Platform Reporters chronicles some of the pungent statements made at the occasion which we consider as Amplified Voices. Enjoy the excerpts: “AMSAY Conference is a youth-centric…
By Sylvanus OBASI Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has recorded a historic milestone with the arrival of IPSARION, the largest general cargo vessel ever handled at its terminal at the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos. IPSARION, a Malta-flagged bulk carrier with a length overall of 199.99 meters and a…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) have used the occasion of the 9th Annual Maritime Students and Youth Conference to educate and sensitize Nigerian maritime students and youths on their various technological innovations, automated systems and digitalized platforms…
