SIFAX: Massive infrastructural investments needed to drive increasing cargo volumes
Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi The SIFAX Group has made a strong case for massive investments in infrastructural expansion, renewal and upgrade in Nigeria, especially around the…
‘Low banks’ capitalisation, high interest rate hinder indigenous shipping growth’
Chairman, Genesis Worldwide Shipping, Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho Chairman of Genesis Worldwide Shipping, one of the few thriving indigenous shipping companies in Nigeria, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho has said that the twin…
Container line rate discipline in post Hanjin era coming to an end: Alphaliner
The period of rate stability in container shipping that followed the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping is coming to an end according to analyst Alphaliner. Hanjin Shipping went bankrupt on 31…
Effective policing crucial to virile maritime industry, says DG NIMASA
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, has said that effective policing remains an essential component of the growth and developmental process of any maritime industry in the world…
Tin Can Customs seizes another cache of arms …As CG promises hail for smugglers
Some of the seized arms on display at the Enforcement Unit of the command. Less than five months after the Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted…
Sarunmi, ex- MD NPA heads team to restructure Maritime Academy
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, The Federal Government has approved the appointment of a six-man team of professionals headed by the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief…
Optimally utilise your financial benefits, NPA warns retirees
MD NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman The Nigerian Ports Authority has warned its retiring members of staff to put into good use all financial benefits accruing to them at retirement. The…
Tin Can Customs nets N183bn in eight months, attributes feat to innovativeness
CAC Tin Can Command, Bashar Yusuf The Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has raked in a whopping N183billion naira in eight months covering January-August 2017.…
We’re committed to improving ports’ access roads, says MD NPA …Commits N1.8billion to Wharf Rd repairs
MD NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman has said that the authority is more than ever before committed to improving the current…
Nigeria out of recession, as GDP grows 0.55% in Q2
Nigeria's Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo The National Bureau of Statistics NBS has said that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product GDP recorded a growth rate of per cent in the second…
