Tag: Maritime

Reps reject 178bn NPA bad debt petition
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Cargo inflow surges 200% amidst port reform, says NPA

Nigeria Port Authority, NPA has said that cargo inflow into the country has increased by 200 per cent to 900,000 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units, from 300,000 TEUs, due to the ongoing port reform. This was disclosed by the Managing Director of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko Koko while speaking at a breakfast meeting organized by Maritime Reporters Association […]

Maritime workers reject FG’s plans to re-float NNSL
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Maritime workers reject FG’s plans to re-float NNSL

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, has rejected the Federal Government’s efforts to re-float the Nigeria National Shipping Line, NNSL, 28 years after it was liquidated by Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. The union contended that the government that shut down the national carrier 28 years ago still owes benefits to disengaged and other former workers of […]

Maritime workers lament vessel registration difficulty
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Maritime workers lament vessel registration difficulty

  By Wilson Adekumola A group of maritime workers under the aegis of the Women in Maritime Africa, Nigeria chapter, has lamented the country’s multiple registration of vessels and barges. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the President of WIMA Nigeria, Mrs Rollens Macfoy, disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Lagos on Thursday. […]

PCCN partners UNILAG to review maritime laws
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PCCN partners UNILAG to review maritime laws

The Port Consultative Council of Nigeria and the University of Lagos, have started working to evaluate conflicting statutes creating several maritime institutions in Nigeria in an effort to foster cooperation among maritime institutions. The Chairman of the Council, Otunba Kunle Folarin, remarked that there are conflicting laws establishing some agencies in Nigeria that need to […]

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NBTE accredits Charkin Maritime Academy

The National Board for Technical Education, has given Charkin Maritime Academy in Port Harcourt, Rivers state accreditation to run two programmes in the institution.   The accreditation was conveyed to the institution in a letter signed by the director, Monotechnic Programmes, Sama’ila Tanko, and addressed to the Provost of CMA, dated November 22, 2022, said […]

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Maritime workers demand govt’s action as gunmen attack members

Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has condemned the attack on its members who were on official assignment on Wednesday at Otu Junction, Nnewi South, Anambra State. According to Independent News, the five members who were am­bushed, maimed, and shot were said to have sustained different degrees of injury. A statement signed by the Pres­ident General […]