The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) have sealed signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for better response to oil spills.

The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) has said that all concessioned port terminals in the country are in full compliance...

It may well be an honour to go to war twice, but it is quite shameful to lose the same battle a second time. This captures Nigeria’s current...

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have rued the high level of capital flight occasioned by inadequate participation of indigenous firms in the cargo affreightment value chain.

The Federal Government has begun moves to end granting of cabotage waivers nationwide.To this end, a five-year plan was yesterday launched in Lagos to see to its successful execution and establishment of a new regime that makes indigenous....

Despite government’s agenda on ease of doing business, the organised private sector (OPS), has said the practice of having multiple units of the Nigeria Customs Service....

The Federal Government has said that it will continue to embark on meaningful projects that will attract development to the Niger Delta. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said this at the weekend at the maiden matriculation ceremony of the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU). The programme was held at the temporary site of the institution in Kurutie,…

When the Coastal and Inland Shipping, otherwise known as Cabotage Act was conceptualised in 2003, stakeholders in the maritime industry were agog that the regulation would herald a new dawn in the domestic shipping business and particularly empower indigenous operators to own ships and operate without intimidation from their foreign counterpart, but 16 years after,…

Globally, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre, based in Singapore, recorded 201 incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery in 2018, up from 180 in 2017.

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has praised women in the country for their contributions and achievements in the typically male-dominated maritime sector, albeit calling for the involvement of more women to help grow the sector.

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has praised women in the country for their contributions and achievements in the typically male-dominated maritime sector, albeit calling for the involvement of more women to help grow the sector. 

Succour is underway for the indigenous ship owners, as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), raised hope on the disbursement of the much-delayed Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund (CVFF).    The CVFF, a two per cent contribution by indigenous ship-owners on every contract done in the nation’s maritime sector, now worth about $124 million…