By Charkes Nwaoguji The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that the Badagry Deep Seaport project in Lagos State is a strategic to the development of Nigeria as a global maritime hub. Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director-General of the agency, said this in Lagos on Tuesday when he …
Read More »NPA attests to LADOL rising profile, offers to boost operations
By Charles Nwaoguji The Nigeria Port Authority, NPA has attested to rising investment profile of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base, LADOL in its Maritime, Health, Agriculture and Logistics operations in Nigeria to be more productive, and therefore made a commitment to support its operations. Executive Director Marine and Operations …
Read More »Stakeholders call for recovery of N16bn from Lagos free zone operator
By Charles Nwaoguji Key stakeholders in the Maritime industry have called on the federal government to recover the N16.1 billion underpayment made by the Lagos Free Zone Operator. The call made by a group, ‘Concerned Maritime Stakeholders (CMS),’ is coming on the heels of earlier revocation of land lease …
Read More »NPA to deploy scanners to hasten cargo evaluation at seaports
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has renewed clamour for the deployment of scanners at the nation’s seaport as part of measures to fast track cargo evacuation. Speaking in an interview with Television Continental (TVC) on Tuesday, Bala Usman explained that the management of …
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