Shipping & Maritime

The presidency has granted a three-month period for Nigerian vessel owners to settle their outstanding tax bill, which has accumulated over the past 10 years. This outstanding bill, amounting to millions of dollars, has caused some ship owners to avoid the nation’s port. Multiple businesses received demands…

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) says preliminary investigations on the Kwara boat tragedy revealed that the vessel was very “heavily overloaded carrying over 250 persons including luggage” and “the people were not wearing life jackets” as they travelled in the dead…

The Federal Government has approved the ratification of six maritime conventions and protocols that promote a cleaner marine environment, ship-breaking criteria, the global standard for fishing crew and response to oil pollution casualties. The approved instruments for ratification are the Hong Kong International Convention for Safe…

Stakeholders yesterday met in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital to brainstorm on how to promote compliance with the Nigerian Port Process Manual (NPPM) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on vessel clearance in Eastern Ports. The regional stakeholders meeting was the brainchild of…

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emiefele, has read out a riot act to shipping companies exporting undocumented cargoes from the shores of the country. Emiefele sent out this note of warning at the RT200 Non-Oil Export Summit 2023…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on Tuesday, disclosed that the authority is not contributing to increase in the cost of doing businesses at the nation’s seaports. Speaking on the Business Segment of TVC monitored by LEADERSHIP, the NPA managing director, Mohammed Bello-Koko, disclosed…

The federal government has concessioned the Onitsha port in Anambra State while discussions are ongoing for the concessioning of Baro and some other ports. The Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), George Moghalu, fielded questions from State House correspondents after a private…

The Nigerian Navy, yesterday, said it has handed over a tanker vessel, ‘MT Sea Eunice’ that was arrested for switching of its Automatic Identification System (AIS), to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The vessel, which is presently located along Escravos…

The National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has sent 15 vessels carrying hazardous materials into Nigeria back to their countries of origin. NESREA is the foremost environmental enforcement agency of the Federal Government saddled with the responsibility of enforcing all environmental…