Maritime – Page 20 – Shipping World News Magazine

Dec222019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Mohammed Abba Kura: The hallmark of a man who puts country first.

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News, Profile

His name is Mohammed Abba Kura. He is a Comptroller of Customs and the helmsman of the Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service. I call him "No 1", by virtue of the fact that he superintends over the nation's premier command of the Nigeria Customs Service. In terms of operations and revenue generation, the Apapa Command accounts for over 35 percent of Customs activities nationwide. With less than two weeks to the end of the year, the command has already surpassed its revenue target for 2019. With over N414billion in the federation account the command under the watch of Compt Abba Kura has a lot to celebrate. The Customs helmsman who took journalists on a guided media tour of over 100 containers seized from unscrupulous importers, is apparently impressed with the performanc...

Dec102019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

CIoTA to Professionalise Transport Administration in Nigeria

Breaking News, Maritime, Press Release

… Bello Says Infrastructure to Boost Transportation Sector The President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIoTA) Dr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh has said that the Institute is set to professionalise all aspects of transportation industry in Nigeria for sustainable development. Dr. Jamoh said this at the opening of a 3-Day National Transportation Summit organised by CIOTA at the Yar' Adua Centre in Abuja with the theme “Unlocking the Potentials of Transportation for Sustainable Development.” According to the CIoTA President, “with the recent assent of Mr. President recognizing the Institute as the sole professional body in the transport industry, CIoTA will engage all stakeholders to ensure that all those involved in transport administration in Nigeria are certified t...

Dec102019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Attacked Vessel: NIMASA to Fast Track Maritime Security Architecture

Breaking News, Maritime, Press Release

· Agency Working with Relevant Authorities on Abductees Release – Dakuku In the wake of the recent attack on a tanker vessel named, ‘Nave Constellation’, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has disclosed its readiness to fast-track the maritime security architecture, just as the Director General of the Agency Dr. Dakuku Peterside stated that the Agency is working with relevant partners to ensure the crew onboard are secured and safe. The DG spoke in Abuja on Thursday, on the sidelines of the ongoing National Transportation Summit organised by the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA), stating that the tanker was attacked off the coast of Bonny with nineteen persons alleged to have been ...

Dec12019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

In Marked Improvement, Nigeria Comes Extremely Close to IMO New Status

Breaking News, Maritime, Press Release

• West Africa Loses Seat • We Will be back Stronger Says Saraki Nigeria came within a whisker of returning to Category C of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Friday in London after losing the IMO Council election by just one vote. Though, the country missed its bid for membership of the Governing Council, IMO’s highest decision making organ, Nigeria’s performance was a remarkable improvement from 2017, when it lost by 12 votes. However, West Africa lost its only seat in the Council, as Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, and Kenya retained their seats in the 20-member Category C of the IMO. Nigeria’s delegation to the 31st Session of the IMO had put up a spirited campaign for election into the Governing Council, whose membership the country lost in 2011. The country polle...

Dec12019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Border Closure Responsible for Our Loss at IMO Council Elections – Dakuku

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News

As widespread condemnation greet Nigeria's loss at the IMO COUNCIL elections yesterday in London, Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has blamed the closure of Nigeria's land border coupled with an unprecedented international conspiracy as the reason Nigeria lost to Kenya in the crucial IMO elections. Dakuku who spoke exclusively with Shipping World on Sunday said " our African brothers mobilized against us for reasons best known to them. Benin Republic told us bluntly 'If you want our vote, go reopen your land borders ". Dakuku was surprised that despite the fatherly role Nigeria has played on the continent, some countries didn't like our rising profile and insisted on working against us. He said this was not...

Oct212019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Citing Security, NPA Cancels $133.28M SAA Fees

Breaking News, Business, Maritime, Port News

Insists Navy, NIMASA, statutorily required to secure country’s waters Shipping companies hail move Concerned by threat to national security and the cost of doing business at the country’s seaport, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has notified the Nigerian Navy of its decision to dismantle the Secure Anchorage Area (SAA), operated on behalf of the Navy by a private company, OMSL Limited. NPA insisted that the security of the country’s waterways was the statutory responsibility of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Marine Police, and Nigerian Navy, which must all ensure a safe and secure Nigeria territorial waters. The move by NPA has been hailed by stakeholders in the maritime sector, who claimed the initiative was timely to stave off a financial burden...

Oct132019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Mr Victor ONUZURUIKE: A Maritime Living LEGEND

Breaking News, Maritime, Profile

By Asu Becks Mr Victor ONUZURUIKE who is the Director Audit at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency is a Chartered Accountant. He holds an Msc in contemporary accounting from the Leeds Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. He also holds an MBA in Maritime Management Technology and an Msc in Transport Studies. Nicknamed "Mr Chairman" by staff of NIMASA due to his open door policy and the fatherly role he plays at the Agency, Mr Onuzuirike is also a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation , Associate Member Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Nigeria and Member Institute of Administrative Accounting, London among other globally recognized bodies. He started is working career as an Executive Officer at the Nigerian Legal Aide Council b...

Sep302019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gen. Jonathan India Garba: Maritime Living LEGEND of the Week

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Major Gen Jonathan India Garba trained as a combatant, transportant, strategist, administrator, instructor, tactician and mind moulder. He could have been a teacher but destiny faithfully steered his path into the military, where he expended his entire productive youth serving out various assignments in the Nigerian Army, nationwide. Born on 14th August 1949 at Tsar, Benue State, the young Garba enlisted at the Nigerian Defence Academy soon after his Grade 11 Teachers Certificate. Upon the mandatory completion of his training at NDA, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1972, following which he began the journey of his military career, traversing units, departments, formations, commands and brigades; and rising seamlessly through the ranks, as a focused, disciplined, dedicated, loya...

Sep302019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

With Sufficient Maritime Security, Nigerian Economy Will Blossom – Amaechi, Dakuku

Breaking News, Maritime, Press Release

• 10 Students Win NIMASA Educational Grants • 10 Maritime Women Leaders Honoured The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the new maritime security infrastructure being built by the Federal Government, the Deep Sea Project, would be a major economic trigger for the country. Amaechi stated this in Lagos, while speaking with the media during the World Maritime Day celebrations, with the theme, “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community”, in an occasion which 10 women were also honoured for their pioneering contributions to the maritime sector. Ten students, who excelled in an essay competition organised by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as part of the activities in commemoration of the Day were awarded th...

Sep302019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bakassi Deep Seaport: Gov Ayade gets FG Nod

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The federal government has approved the request by Cross River State for the formal recognition of Bakassi Deep Seaport, which is under construction. Making the disclosure at the weekend while answering questions from journalists at the State House, Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, said the official approval of the port by the federal government had given the state the recipe to launch the port on a commercial scale. He listed the composition of the port to include an evacuation corridor and a six-lane highway linking the port with the north. Ayade, who spoke with journalists after meeting with the Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, also said the highway which is almost completed was conceived to bring the northern closer to the Atlantic Ocean. According to him, investors wil...