By Lateef Adegbite, With Agency Reports When Sergei Shoigu, Russian Federation Defence minister and Oleksandr Kubrakou, Ukrainian minister of Infrastructure at the instance of their home governments to unblock Ukrainian grain exports, not many believe that Russian will keep to the deal. This is because of their initial fear that the North American country of […]
Read MoreBy Stephen Ubanna Bashir Jamoh, Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, international rating in Maritime circles appears to have improved tremendously over the last two years due to the rapid decline in the activities of Piracy and sea thieves in Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea, GoG. Jamoh’s efforts may have […]
Read MoreBy Lateef Adegbite with agency reports With the soaring prices of grain in the global food market, the United Nations, UN, appears to have intervened to set up a sea corridor for Ukrainian grain exports, described by maritime analysts as ‘’reasonable’’. In actualising the plan, Antonio Guterres, the UN , Secretary General, wants Russia and […]
Read MoreBy Stephen Ubanna Barely two weeks after Bashir Jamoh, Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, resumed duties after withdrawal from the Kauna state, All Progressive Congress, APC, governorship race, at the instance of the party Leadership and Nasir El-Rufai, the state governor, to pave way for Snator Uba Sani, the anointed Candidate, […]
Read MoreBy Stephen Ubanna The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has commenced total digital manifest management regime for all vessels calling at all Nigerian Ports. The Physical transactions concerning Sailing Certificates and cargo manifest processing are being phased out completely as stakeholders are encouraged to fully embrace the Agency’s initiative by visiting the NIMASA […]
Read MoreBy Stephen Ubanna For much of last year and now, there have been several cases of Compromised Examination of imported cargoes at the Premier port, Apapa. The situation was so bad that Yusuf Malanta Ibrahim, who was appointed to replace Mohammed Abba-Kura, now an Assistant Comptroller General of Customs, as the Comptroller of the Command, […]
Read MoreBy Stephen Ubanna Those who think that Piracy and sea robbery activities have returned into the Nigerian maritime domain and the Gulf of Guinea, GoG, because of the recent killings of four Pirates and subsequent capturing of four others, by the Danish frigate , Esbern Snare on Patrol, may have to do a rethink . […]
Read MoreBy Stephen Ubanna Barely two months after Kang Haengu, Consul General of the Asia country of Korea Embassy in Nigeria and Daniel Bertrand, the Ambassador designate of Belgium to Nigeria promised to support, Nigeria’s efforts to improve the security and safety in the country’s maritime domain and the Gulf Of Guinea, Korea Consul General had […]
Read MoreBy Stephen Ubanna This is not the best of times for CMA and CGM, the two notable shipping lines that have dominated the nation’s shipping sector over the years from the Asian country of China. There had been a good working relationship between the two international shipping Lines and the Nigerian shippers which are active […]
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Read MoreBy Stephen Ubanna As the Nigerian waters are now safe ocean-going vessels which have been recognized by the International Maritime Bureau,IMB, a specialized Department of the International Chamber of Commerce, with a mandate to fight crime –related maritime trade and the International Community, Bashir Jamoh, the Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, […]
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