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Nov222017 by Our EditorNo Comments

NPA: Port reform without road reform

by Sylvanus Ekpo These are not the best of times for the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. It is no longer news that the port access roads at Apapa and Tin Can Island ports are in a terrible state of disrepair. According to the Port Act of 1954 as amended, section 32 mandates the NPA to regulate traffic that is moving in and the one which is approaching but over the years, due to executive recklessness, the access roads were allowed to decay and today they have become an embarrassment to everybody, a congenital eyesore in the face of our port concession. Before the ports were concessioned in 2006 to private terminal operators by government, the NPA had a yearly throughput of 35million tons of cargo, a figure that could hardly be managed then. But, after the concession in March 2006, the...

Nov162017 by Our EditorNo Comments

Ten Bulker Crew Members Saved from Pirate Hands off Nigerian Coast

Business, Law, Maritime

Armed pirates boarded a drifting bulk carrier around 17 nautical miles south-southwest (SSW) off Bonny Island, Nigeria on November 11 and kidnapped ten of its crew members. The pirates reportedly entered the bridge and fired their weapons damaging the bridge windows. “They stole ship’s properties, crew personal belongings, kidnapped 10 crew and escaped in their boat,” according to a report from ICC IMB. The UK-flagged bulker has been identified as the 2012-built Venus Bay owned by Pioneer Marine, but the company is yet to confirm the attack to World Maritime News. As informed, the ship was on its way toward the Nigerian port of Onne when the attack occurred. Due to a prompt reaction from two Nigerian navy vessels, the pirates were intercepted and the kidnapped crew released...

Nov32017 by Our EditorNo Comments

10 missing after cargo ship sinks off Turkey

Maritime

Ten seafarers have been reported missing after the Turkey-flagged general cargo ship Bilal Bal sank some seven nautical miles off the coast of Istanbul. A search and rescue operation for the missing crew members is currently underway, according to the Turkish Coast Guard. The 1974-built vessel sank shortly after it sent out a distress signal in the morning hours of November 1 while it was in the Black Sea. The cause of the sinking is still unknown. The coast guard deployed three vessels, one helicopter and a plane for the mission reports World Maritime News. At the time of the incident, the 2,999 dwt vessel was carrying a cargo of cast iron from the country’s Bursa province to Zonguldak, Reuters cited local media Reports World Maritime News.

Oct302017 by Our EditorNo Comments

I Am In Charge As Rector of MAN, Oron …. Navy Commander Daju Effedua (retd).

Education

The newly appointed Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Retd Navy Comm.Daju Effedua said in Lagos Monday that he was effectively in charge as Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria , Oron, Akwa Ibom Stste . The Rector who denied claims that he was a stooge to the Adebayo Sarumi led Interim Management Committee, IMC said "what you don't know is the fact that I am also a member of the IMC. You must agree with me that government acted in the best interest of the Academy, look at the pedigree of members of the IMC and you will agree with me that we have the best hands on board", he said . Commander Effedua also dispelled rumours that fresh admissions into the Academy had been suspended for two years. " What we did was to suspend admission for one academic session based on the f...

Oct292017 by Our EditorNo Comments

Amaechi hosts World Maritime Day on Monday

Port News

Nigerian's Transportation Minister Rt Hon Rotimi Amaechi would Monday at the prestigious Eko Hotel in Lagos , host Maritime Stakeholders at Nigeria's version of the global event . The event which would attract the creme da LA creme in the industry is must attend for all top functionaries of parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Transportation. Papers are expected to delivered by key players and experts at the one day event.