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Sep292021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

IMO AUDIT QUERY: NIMASA,NiMet Collaborate to block missing gaps

Maritime

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) have initiated joint efforts to close gaps identified by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) during its last mandatory audit of the country’s maritime industry. This was disclosed in Lagos, when Director General of NiMet, Professor Mansur Bako Matazu, paid a courtesy call on Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, at the Agency’s headquarters. A statement by Mr Edward Osagie, NIMASA'S spokesman revealed that Auditors from IMO had in 2016 conducted a mandatory audit of Nigeria’s maritime industry to, among other things, ascertain compliance level with IMO’s maritime security and efficiency protocols on the country’s waters During the NiMet Director General’s visit,...

Sep232021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Jamoh wins 2020 Zik Prize in public policy

Maritime

Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has been named winner of the 2020 Zik Prize in Public Policy. Making the announcement on Thursday, September 23rd, 2021, in Lagos, the Chairman, Selection Committee Zik Prize 2020, Professor Pat Utomi said the capacity of the Director General to have extensively managed the restructuring, reformation and repositioning of NIMASA earned him the prestigious award. Prof Utomi stated that the Deep Blue Project and the Blue Economy initiatives Dr Jamoh “continues to champion have brought massive gains to the Agency and the nation’s economic diversification goals.” The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its second quarter 2021 report had disclosed that piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which ...

Sep222021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nigeria Set for Ballast Water Management

Maritime, Press Release

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said the country is taking proactive steps to address its exposure to the threat of ballast water because of the high tanker traffic in its waters. Director General of the Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, stated this in Lagos at the 10th Meeting of the National Taskforce (NTF) on Implementation of Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, 2004. Jamoh said, being an oil producing country, Nigeria was prone to the effects of harmful aquatic organisms transported across regions by tankers. He said NIMASA, the Lead Agency for the implementation of international conventions, codes, and regulations of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), had in conjunction with other members of the NTF set up a pla...

Sep212021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Dr. Bashir Jamoh Prize for Best Maritime Reporter to be unveiled at Maiden Maritime Journalists Retreat

Maritime

The Maiden Edition of the National Retreat for Maritime Journalists is scheduled to hold from October 15-16, 2021 at the glamorous Cynergy Suites Royale in Ajah, Lagos. About 50 Maritime Journalists drawn from the five major Maritime Associations such as the League of Maritime Editors & Publishers (LOMEP), Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN), Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN), Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) and Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria (SCAN) are expected at the retreat. The Minister of. Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi is the Special Guest of Honour while the former National President of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu, is the Chairman of the occa...

Jul132021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Deep Blue Project Driven by Competent Manpower…Jamoh

Maritime, News Feature

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh, has reiterated that assets deployed under the Deep Blue Project, recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari, are manned by proficient officers from the Nigerian security services. Dr. Bashir Jamoh, stated this in Lagos during the graduation ceremony of officers trained to crew the Special Mission Vessels, the main maritime component of the project also called the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure. Dr. Jamoh, who was represented by the Agency’s Executive Director, Operations, Mr. Shehu Ahmed, said the graduation of 30 officers trained in various part of the globe marked a significant addition to the team of competent personnel manning asset...

Jul42021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Jamoh Introduces a New Ship Registration Regime

Maritime, Port News

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced the issuance of new certificates of ship registration while simultaneously phasing out the old permits. This is in a bid to ensure the utilisation of secured statutory certificates and prevent the entry of unseaworthy and sub-standard ships into the Nigerian flag. Director General of the Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, said, "We are restructuring the Nigerian Ship Registration Office to serve you more efficiently and effectively. We are determined to grow our national fleet and tonnage to an enviable height.” According to Jamoh, “We are committed to ensuring that our Ship Registry remains of International Standard and this is why we have enhanced our certificates with more security features that would stand the t...

Jun252021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Buhari appoints Jime as Executive Secretary Nigerian Shippers Council

Maritime, Port News

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Emmanuel-Lyambee Jime as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to the statement, Jime, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law, brings his wealth of experience to the new role having distinguished himself in several public offices. He was at a time Managing Director at the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) and a two-term member of the House of Representatives representing Makurdi/Guma Federal constituency between 2007 and 2015. He was also Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly from 1992 to 1993. “The appointment is for a renewable...

Jun42021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

President Buhari Launches Deep Blue Project in Lagos. • Simulation Exercises Ongoing

Maritime, Port News

President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR will on Thursday June 10, 2021 in Lagos perform the official launch of the assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure also known as the Deep Blue Project. Preparatory to the launch, the Maritime Security Unit (MSU) of the Deep Blue Project comprising personnel from the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Police and Department of State Services are conducting simulation exercises for the event on the land, air and sea assets of the Project to confirm their readiness for full deployment. It is worthy of note that the various military formations in the region are aware of the exercise. While this exercise is ongoing, members of the public especially those living in coastal communities are ad...

Jun22021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BLAME TANK FARMS FOR APAPA GRIDLOCK__ Shittu

Maritime, Port News

Former President of the Association of Nigeria Customs Licensed Agents(ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu has linked the perennial gridlock on the Apapa access roads to the presence of too many petroleum products tank farms close to the main roads. Speaking at the inaugural Round Table conference of the League of Maritime Editors, Prince Shittu stated that those who built the tank farms have done a lot of disservice to Nigeria. 'In a country where nobody pays for the consequences of their actions, the people who approved the citing of the tank farms should be prosecuted. The congestion on the Apapa roads is less than 20 years. Before then , there was no traffic jam. Right now, the seaports should be expanding to built up areas by demolishing buildings to expand the ports and government will...

May312021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

WHEN MARITIME EDITORS HOSTED TRAIL BLAZING PRINCE OLAYIWOLA SHITTU

Maritime

Prince Olayiwola Shittu, immediate past President of the National Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, is a reporters' delight any day. A respected stakeholder in Nigeria's Maritime Industry, Shittu who is reputed as a mobile encyclopedia of the Maritime Industry , led the most successful tenure as President of ANLCA before bowing out honourably on April 14th, 2018. Last week, Shittu stormed the Secretariat of the elite Maritime Editors in Festac where he fielded questions on a wide range of issues . On the electronic call up system for trucks introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority, Shittu posited that the system was founded on a faulty foundation. Shittu reasoned that there wasn't sufficient consultation between the NPA and stakeholders before its implementation....