Maritime
10 Mar
Stakeholders in the marine sector have called on the Federal Government to factor them into the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) as the government moves to explore CNG an alternative fuel for powering vehicles in Nigeria.
8 Mar
Barely three days after the Customs’ exchange rate for calculating duties at the seaports was reduced to N1,544.081/$, it has been reviewed upward to N1,560.511/$.
6 Mar
The unsafe practices of boat operators have continued to endanger the lives of 14 million commuters that patronise the Lagos State waterways transport system yearly. Boat mishaps have become a normal occurrence on Lagos waterways
6 Mar
Nigeria has failed to implement the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) decarbonisation plans in the maritime sector resulting in over N100 billion lost yearly to the high cost of diesel to power the ports.
6 Mar
The President of the Nigerian Licensed Ship Chandlers Association, Dr Martins Enebeli, has said the country loses $15 billion on ship chandling and allied services yearly due to harsh operating environment, inadequate access to capital
6 Mar
A maritime lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), Mrs. Jean Chiazor-Anishere, has urged the House of Representatives to assist in formulating a national Blue Economy Policy or strategy for sustainable ocean resource management and development.
28 Feb
EYIS Resources Limited has trained members of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) on the treatment, classification, interpretation and application of international trade procedures.
28 Feb
There are rising concerns that the disruptions in key global shipping routes following the crisis in the Red Sea, Suez Canal, Panama Canal and Black Sea, may signal unprecedented piracy challenges for global trade in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG).
28 Feb
There are calls for the review and amendment of the obsolete maritime agencies’ laws and regulations promoting foreign illegalities and hindering the sector’s alignment with the newly established Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.
28 Feb
Nigeria has secured the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) United Kingdom (UK) grant to build a seafarers recreation centre that will serve as a rallying point for in-country and regional seafarers as well as those on board vessels during port calls.
28 Feb
Trucks Transit Parks (TTP) Limited has said it is awaiting government approval to deploy Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)/E-tags and the E-Callup Interchange Transaction Number (EITN) at the Apapa and Tin Can ports
23 Feb
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, yesterday, said the $800 million needed for rehabilitation of the country’s ports was almost ready.
21 Feb
The consistent hike in Customs duty exchange rates for clearance of goods at the ports is forcing bonded terminals, importers and agents as well as truck owners out of business.