August 2020 – Page 3 – Shipping World News Magazine

Aug122020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

AGAIN, HAMEED ALI ABSENT AS HEADS OF MARITIME AGENCIES HOLD MONTHLY MEETING

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali was again conspicuously absent as heads of maritime agencies met in Lagos, agreeing to set up a timeline for 24 hour port operations. Also absent at the second scheduled monthly meeting which held at the Corporate Headquarters of NIMASA, was the Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron Akwa Ibom State, Commodore Duja Effedua. The maiden edition of the monthly meeting was hosted last month by Hassan Bello of the Nigerian Shippers Council. Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who spoke with journalists at the end of the meeting on Tuesday said issues bordering on maritime safety and security, port efficiency, inter modal transportation, as well as ...

Aug92020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

FG Begins Feasibility Study for Brass Shipyard Project

Maritime, News Feature, Port News, Press Release

The Federal Government has commenced feasibility study for the construction of a shipyard in Brass Island, Bayelsa State, which would cater for the maintenance and repair services of cargo vessels, oil tankers, and LNG carriers. Chief Timipre Sylva conducting Feasibility study with Harbour engineers The Minister of State for Petrolem Resources, Chief Timipre chaired the project’s kick-off meeting on Thursday and stated that it will be executed by China Harbour Engineering Company, which had carried out similar projects across the globe . The feasibility study, according to the minister, will be funded by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) as part of its overarching mandate to domicile key oil and gas industry infrastructure and increase retention of in...

Aug72020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

NIMASA SECURES APPROVAL FOR DISBURSEMENT OF CVFF.

Maritime, News Feature, Port News, Press Release

After almost 13 years of an endless wait, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency says it has finally secured approval for the disbursement of the controversial Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund. The Agency's helmsman, Dr Bashir Jamoh who broke the good news at a meeting with Shipowners in Lagos said details for the disbursement were being worked out. Dr Jamoh also announced that the December 2020 deadline for Single-hull Tanker Ban would not be extended. Bashir jamoh The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Jamoh said, remains steadfast in its decision to stop the use of single-hull tankers by December 31 this year. On the CVFF, he said the final details of the scheme were being worked out before commence...

Aug72020 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

MARITIME AGENCIES ADOPT MODALITIES TO ADDRESS OVERLAPPING FUNCTIONS

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News

Parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Transportation have agreed on modalities for handling areas of overlap in their responsibilities. Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this in Lagos after a meeting of heads of the parastatals at the headquarters of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC). Jamoh said the agreement followed the work of a ministerial committee, stressing that meetings like this are necessary to build synergy and create the right atmosphere for the overall progress of the economy. He stated, “We have held the inaugural meeting for improved synergy and we hope to hold it on a monthly basis for the next four months. Due to the proximity of our corporate headquarters to each, a lot...

Aug72020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

NIMASA May Roll Out Tougher Sanctions Against Uncertified Boat Skippers

Breaking News, Maritime, News Feature, Port News, Press Release

Dr. Bashir Jamoh Against the background of recent fatal boat mishaps on the country’s inland waterways, Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has said the Agency would get tough with untrained and uncertified boat skippers, who often ignore safety procedures and endanger the lives of passengers. Jamoh stated this in Lagos during a courtesy visit to the Agency by General Manager of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr. Oluwadamilola Emmanuel. The Director-General also suggested the development of cohesive safety enforcement guidelines and regulations for implementation across the littoral states. He said the harmonisation of standards and procedures for safety in the territorial waters would go a long way in ...

Aug52020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

President Buhari threatens to sack Service Chiefs

Maritime, News Feature, Politics, Port News, Press Release

President of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has once again threatened to fire the nation's security chiefs over nonperformance. The new threat came up Tuesday after a routine meeting with them at the Presidential Villa. This is coming almost 24 hours after the Nigerian Governors Forum rose from an emergency meeting in which they raised serious concerns over the rising wave of insecurity across the country . National Security Adviser, Gen Babagana Mungono , who briefed State House Correspondents said President Muhammadu Buhari expressed the concern of Nigerians over the worsening security situation in the country . Gen Mungono said the President sounded what&nbs...

Aug52020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

President Buhari gives NDDC one week to pay fees of Students

Education, Maritime, News Feature, Port News, Press Release

President Muhammadu Buhari The Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari to pay beneficiaries of the commission’s scholarship in Institutions of higher learning within the next seven days. Charleston Odili, NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, broke the good news after delivering the NDDC management’s invitation to Mr. President to inaugurate the 29-kilometre Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa state. The beneficiaries of the commission’s scholarship in the United Kingdom protested recently over the non-payment of their tuition fees The students who their protest to the Nigerian High Commission in London had expressed their displeasure over “negligence of their w...

Aug52020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

TIMPRE SYLVA Spurs Oloibiri Museum …inaugurates Projects Committees

Maritime, News Feature, Port News, Press Release

Timipre Sylva History as made on Tuesday in Abuja when the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, inaugurated two committees and five project teams for the Oloibiri Museum and Research Centre which will be situated in Oloibiri, Bayelsa state. The virtual ceremony was anchored by Engr Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) who is to head the project committees and chaired by Timipre Sylva who sponsors the historic project. Speaking at the historic event which was attended by Governor Douye Diri Bayelsa State, Chief Sylva said 'I am very happy to be part of this historic occasion set aside to inaugurate the project committees that will oversee the establishment of the oil and gas Museum and Research Cen...

Aug52020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

CIoTA President Advocates Safer Road Transportation

Maritime, News Feature, Port News

Commiserates with Families of Container Accident Victims Dr. Bashir Jamoh President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has restated the institutes commitment to safety of all modes of transportation in the country, especially those operated within the port environment. Jamoh stated this on Tuesday in Lagos while reacting to a recent incident where a container fell from a truck and landed on a commercial vehicle, killing the occupants, including two employees of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The CIoTA president, who is also Dir...