Maritime – Page 16 – Shipping World News Magazine

Sep72020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nigeria, Korea Forge Closer Cooperation in Shipping.

DG of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh and Consul General, Kim In-Taek. Nigeria and South Korea have agreed to intensify collaboration in trade and shipping development. This was disclosed in Lagos during a meeting between the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, and Consul General, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Nigeria, Kim In-Taek. Both countries have maintained good maritime and trade relations since the 1980s. But Jamoh and In-Taek said there was need to expand the relationship in line with global economic dynamics. The NIMASA Director-General told newsmen after the meeting with the South Korean envoy that development of Nigeria’s maritime potential was a critical element of President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic di...

Aug242020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Terminal Operators, Not Govt Should Provide Scanners at Entry Points…Fmr Customs Chief.

Breaking News, Maritime

Mallam H. B . Ahmed A former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mallam H. B . Ahmed has condemned in the strongest possible terms, the recent approval of over N600b by the Federal Excutive Council for the procurement of scanners at the nation's Seaports and other entry points. The former Customs Chief who spoke exclusively with our correspondent said " it is the responsibility of terminal operators to render such a Service, and not the government. Scanners like cranes and forklifts are some of the services required to be provided by Terminal Operators. This is what is applicable in other climes and Nigeria should not be an exception " he said. Mallam Ahmed who is well respected and regarded as one of the most grounded Ex Customs Chiefs said it was unpatriotic to ma...

Aug242020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Jamoh takes campaign for inter Agency cooperation to Immigration boss.

Breaking News, Maritime

Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh The quest for inter agency cooperation among relevant governmentl agencies as a panacea to secure Nigeria’s maritime domain last weekend took Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, to the door step of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammed Babandede. Jamoh, who was at the NIS headquarters on a working visit, said the immigration service was a critical stakeholder in the security apparatus of the country. He said the service was also key in the implementation of the Cabotage law, which seeks to empower Nigerians in the maritime sector. Jamoh said, “We need to interface and synerg...

Aug242020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Hameed Ali’s Comments on WTO, ACFTA: Customs replies Emeka Akabogu

Breaking News, Maritime

Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali The attention of Nigeria Customs Service has been drawn to a gross misinterpretation of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) on his presentation at the public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance. A write-up by a supposed learned personality on Maritime matters, going viral on social media unfortunately misrepresented the CGC’s position on Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement erroneously misinforming the public that the CGC is against the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement/Facilitation, because it will affect revenue collection. On the contrary, the CGC’s position was in support of increased local production for the nation to benefit from the forthcoming ACFTA. He explained the i...

Aug242020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Dangerous ignorance of Nigeria’s Customs Boss…Emeka Akabogu

Breaking News, Maritime

“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance…” These words of Martin Luther King Jr. echoed in my mind as I listened to the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service advise against implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in a presentation before the Nigerian Senate last week. The shock of his incredulous advice is matched only by the reasons for his position – that it will negatively impact revenue generation! Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali Col. Hameed Ali’s theory is that if the Trade Facilitation Agreement is implemented to ease current challenges being faced in import and export of goods, customs revenue will drop, so better not to implement the reforms. This may explain why the Nig...

Aug212020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

OLAMIDE ODUNSANYA, NIMASA’S HEAD OF AUDIT, OTHERS PROMOTED.

Breaking News, Maritime

The Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has approved the promotion of 595 staff, including nine Directors. The promotions were approved the inaugural meeting of the Board in Lagos . A statement by the newly promoted Deputy Director of Corporate Communications, Chief Philip Kyanet, explained that 9 deputy directors were elevated to substantive directors while 45 Assistant Directors were promoted to Deputy Directors, and 71 Grade Level 14 officers were promoted to Assistant Directors. Those promoted to Directors include the Agency's Head, ISPS Unit, Jidda Aishatu; Head, Marine Accident Investigation Unit, Egbuche Rita; Head, Eastern Zone, Audu Sani; and Head, Internal Audit, Olamide Odusanya. Others are Head, HSE Unit, Dr. Anselm...

Aug192020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

WE SHALL MAKE IMPROVED DOCKWORKERS WELFARE OUR PRIORITY…NIMASA

Breaking News, Maritime

· The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assured stakeholders of its commitment to the protection of the rights and welfare of dockworkers as guaranteed in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Decent Work Agenda. The Agency’s Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Mr. Victor Ochei, gave the assurance in Lagos during a meeting of the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC). All the Stakeholders at the Meeting The meeting discussed a revised minimum wage and improved living standard for dockworkers through the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) initiative endorsed by NIMASA and NJIC in 2018. Ochei stated, “Dockworkers are integral to efficient and effective stevedoring operation and the NJIC has remained resolute in ens...

Aug132020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

HASSAN BELLO: THE BIG BROTHER OF NIGERIA’S MARITIME FAMILY

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News

Clearly, the above headline sounds not only a bit disagreeable but to a large extent antithetical for those who are familiar with Hassan Bello in the discharge of his national assignment, in the past one decade or so. Mr. Hassan Bello But the casting is deliberate and by no means intended to subtract from an already established fact that the Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mr. Hassan Bello remains the beacon of the ports industry development agenda, a master technocrat, avid performer, great initiator and facilitator; with a knack for uncommon strategy and conquest in matters of utmost urgency. It is in the light of the qualities aforementioned that the headline finds expression, since no nation or strategists appeared to have been able to respond adequ...

Aug132020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

ANTI PIRACY WAR: BASHIR JAMOH BREAKS JINX AS COURT JAILS PIRATES

Breaking News, Maritime

Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Bashir Jamoh may written his name in gold. The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt Tuesday convicted three persons accused of involvement in the hijack of an Equatorial Guinean flagged vessel named, MV ELOBEY VI, off Equatorial Guinea's coast on March 21. This is the first test of the anti-piracy law which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari last year. Delivering judgement, Justice Mohammed Sani summarily convicted Binaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmar and Ghane Gordon on Counts 1 and 2, and were ordered to pay a fine of N20 million each under the new Antipiracy Act 2019. The Nigerian Navy had arrested nine persons, namely, Binaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmar, Ghane Gordon, Hassan Hakeem, Gregory Sm...

Aug122020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

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

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News

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 ...