Maritime

The President General of Association of Igbo Maritime Practitioners in Nigeria (ASIMPIN); Eze Damian Emeka Obianigwe, yesterday in Lagos, raised alarm over what he called calculated attempts by a group of disgruntled people that claim to be elders of...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that Nigeria’s bid to expand its maritime territory, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), is fully on course. Buhari, who stated this when he received a progress report...

Oman has become the 100th nation, and the first member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006, designed to ensure the right of all seafarers to decent employment. An International Labour Organisation (ILO)...

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, on Thursday said that the International Maritime Bureau had removed Nigeria from its piracy list. Gambo, represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Naval Headquarters, Abuja, Rear Adm. Suleiman...

The Abuja Memorandum of Understand on Port State Control said it is set to train 21 heads of maritime administrations in the West and Central African countries. The Abuja MoU, which has the West and African countries as members states...

The Federal government has said that it is putting more incentives in place to make seaports outside Lagos, especially those in Port Harcourt, Onne, Warri and Calabar more attractive to shipping lines and importers. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who...

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said the state, with the longest coastline in Nigeria, is interested in collaborations that will help it secure its maritime and harness its resources. Speaking in Abuja when he hosted a delegation on maritime...

The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, Ship Management Limited (NMSL) has decried the high rate at which the country is losing seafarers to other nations, owing to regulatory deduction of Company Income Tax (CIT) and pensions from seafarers wages. The NMSL...

The Maritime and Offshore Award (The OMIS) has unveiled an international panel of judges for its inaugural edition. Chief Executive Officer of the The OMIS Award, Femi Da-silva disclosed this in a statement released on Friday in Lagos. He said that...

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has denied responsibility for a gunboat that reportedly sank in Lagos on Sunday. The NIMASA/Barugu, a gunboat reportedly in the fleet of Global West Vessels Specialists, was alleged to have been parked at...