Q2: IMB reports over 81% decline of piracy in Gulf of Guinea…Hails Nigeria’s new security initiative…As DG NIMASA pledges more efforts
One of the patrol vessels under Nigeria's new security initiative, the Deep Blue Project. The International Maritime Bureau IMB has reported a drastic reduction of over 81 per cent in…
Violence in South Africa disrupts seaport operations
Days of violence in South Africa have disrupted ports operations at Durban and Richards Bay and a rail line connecting Durban with the Gauteng province where Johannesburg is located, reports…
Nigeria’s Deep Blue Project driven by competent manpower-NIMASA…Graduates Special Mission Vessels’ crew
From right: Executive Director, Finance and Administration, NIMASA, Chudi Offodile presents a certificate to one of the graduates of the Deep Blue Project’s Special Mission Vessel SMV training. The Director…
Italy-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce partners NPA on trade facilitation
From left: President of the Italy-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, Silvano Bellinato, receives a plaque from the acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko during a one-day working…
Transport Minister, MD NPA tour Lekki Ports’ facilities
From left: Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport, Dr Magdalene Ajani, acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko and Chairman,…
Automation, integration of Nigeria’s port system key to efficiency, says Bello…Insists ‘I left no big shoes for anyone’
Former Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council, Hassan Bello. The immediate past Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers Council NSC, Hassan Bello has said that the automation and integration of the…
Nigeria’s Minister of Transport visits Lekki Port…Expresses satisfaction with progress report
Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi flanked on the left by the Chief Executive Officer of the Lekki Free Port Terminal LFT, Denrick Moos and on the right by…
We’ll convert NSTC to Nigerian Maritime University’s campus-DG NIMASA
DG NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh has assured that the agency would not allow its facilities…
Ship prices soar amid secondhand sales ‘frenzy’
A UK tanker vessel Chalk up yet another record for ocean shipping. More vessels traded hands in the first half of this year than in any other six-month stretch —…
Oil prices firm as U.S. inventories decline
President, Joe Biden Oil prices rose for a second day on Friday as data showed a draw in inventories, but were heading for a weekly loss amid uncertainty over global…



