Director-General of BRACED Commission, JOE Keshi, recently in an interview with MOSES EBOSELE, bares his mind on the strategic role maritime activities can play in the integration and economic development of the South-South region. Excerpt:

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INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organisation (IMO)  Maritime Safety Committee (MSC),  has resolved that rules to require passenger safety drills to take place prior to, or immediately upon, departure should be made mandatory, in the wake of the...

THE Maritime Industry Advocacy Initiative (MAIN) has incorporated the Nigerian Maritime Industry Hall of Fame as a special recognition platform for outstanding stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime industry.

The non-governmental organisation...

THE  Federal Government may have extended  the  seven- year contract it signed with inspection service providers: Cotecnna, SGS and Global Scan system Ltd by another six months  begining from this January.

They were contracted...

THE National President of the Council for Managing Director of Customs Licensed Agents (CMDCLA) has commended the government over its intention to introduce single window scheme into goods clearance process at the nation’s gateways.

But the...

Being text of the paper delivered in Lagos by Juvenal J.M. Shiundu, Deputy Director and head of Programme Management Section, technical co-operation division of the International Maritime Organisation in 2010.

ON behalf of the Secretary-General...

THE Federal Government and Lagos State Government on Monday in Ikeja signed an agreement for the construction of a Deep Sea Port in Lekki Area of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that officials of “Ports at Lekki”, a...

CRITICISMS have continued to trail the new customs bill as stakeholders have described it as “defective.”

The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) said it in a letter to the presidency few days ago that...

MANUFACTURERS Association of Nigeria (MAN) has commended the single window initiative by the Nigeria Customs Service, saying it would eliminate human contact, bottlenecks and corruption from goods clearing environment.

The president, Chief Kola...

SKYE Bank Plc has won the “the most progressive maritime bank” award in recognition of its pioneering role in maritime banking as well as for its contributions to the growth and development of the maritime industry in Nigeria.

The bank was...

THE Nigerian Shippers Council appeared most favoured to play the role of port industry regulator, going by feelers from the National Assembly over the weekend.

Sources close to the National Assembly said the Council is likely to be transformed to...

A marine engineer/Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, has lamented the slow growth of the nations’s shipping sector and blamed the Federal Government for the development. He said that the government had over the years...