Maritime

Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, has honoured the Nigerian Registrar of Ships Nneka Obianyor for contributing immensely to the training of cadets in the foremost maritime academy in Nigeria. Obianyor who is lawyer and as well a Deputy Director in...

Director-General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh, has taken the campaign for the country to clinch a Category C seat on the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to the London headquarters of...

Investigations by Shipping Position Daily have revealed how the Ministry of Transportation may have padded the 2022 proposed budget with duplicating provisions, including allocations for humongous projects and provision for some parastatals under the ministry in the budget that...

A young man, Etteobong Ebu, has received the highest certification in his career as he became a maritime chief engineer Etteobong said that the journey that led him to the present feat started in 2007 when he enrolled for...

The trend of reduction in piracy and armed robbery in Nigerian waters has continued, with the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reporting in its third quarter 2021 account that there is a 77 per cent decrease in the first nine...

The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron in Akwa Ibom, has concluded plans to commercialise its facilities to boost its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The Rector of the Academy, Commodore Duja Effedua (rtd), disclosed this during an interaction with newsmen...

• Stakeholders call for inclusion of ports development in yearly budget Nigeria has continued to lose large merchant vessels to neighbouring countries as the inability to develop deep seaports among other challenges scare shipping companies from using ports within the...

The Federal Government has promised to wade into the remittance imbroglio between the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa Ibom State. The law establishing NIMASA mandates it to make available...

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it is seeking partnership with the Nigerian Army on intelligence sharing, surveillance and enforcement against sub-standard goods throughout the country. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the SON Public...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has heard that a former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime and Administration Agency (NIMASA); Ex-NIMASA DG Dr Patrick Akpobolokemi and his management team spent the agency’s N18million meant for intelligence gathering on...