MARITIME

Ahead of the commissioning of the Lekki Deep Seaport by President Muhammadu Buhari, today, the first commercial consignment, described as the largest container vessel has berthed at the port. On the official Twitter handle of the NIgerian Ports Authority (NPA), the authority, on Sunday, announced the arrival of the vessel owned and operated by French shipping firm, CMA/CGM. “Ahead of ...

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Saturday said 23 ships conveying petroleum products and other goods were expected at Lagos ports. It listed the items expected at the port as bulk sugar, frozen fish, bulk coal, automobile gasoline, jet fuel, bulk urea, base oil, bulk gypsum, general cargo, butane gas, palm oleum, container and petrol. The NPA also said that ...

The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said that between January to December 2022, the command collected revenue worth N1tn. Addressing journalists at the command in Apapa, Lagos on Thursday, the Customs Area Comptroller, Malanta Yusuf, said that the figure was 16 per cent higher when compared to N870bn collected by the command in the previous year. ...

Mohammed Bello Koko, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) performance has been validated by Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), howover he kicks over allegation of blackmail by some unknown civil society organisations (CSOs) using a section of the media to blackmail him and his family Describing the blackmailers as faceless, he said this had made it difficult ...

The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives said it is temporarily relocating to Lagos to launch investigation into an alleged indebtedness to the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA). The Committee Chairman, Wole Oke, who made the disclosure, said the idea of temporary relocation was informed by the need to take the investigation close to the NPA. “The parliament will ...

Sinoma Cargo International Nigeria Limited has signed an agreement with Nigeria’s leading terminal operator, ENL Consortium Limited, to boost shipping trade between China and Nigeria. The agreement was signed in Lagos at the 5th China-Nigeria Logistics Special Line Platform Supply Chain Conference. The conference, which is held annually, was organised by the Lianyungang Port Holdings Group Co.,Ltd, Sinoma International (Nanjing) ...

.,……Showcases Hydrogen powered Ships……………by Amaka Praise….Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group is showcasing eco-friendly technologies for a sustainable future as well as state-of-the-art digital technologies at this year’s Gastech, a global platform showcasing new products, solutions and technologies across the gas, LNG, hydrogen and energy value chain. Hyundai said it participating in this year’s world’s largest event for gas to showcase ...

Following the business’s continued flawless performance in its ISO 9001 audit last week, the stakeholders of LADOL Free Zone were in a good mood. One of the most compliant terminals in Nigeria and one of a select few to hold this certification, LADOL has been in compliance with ISO 9001 for five years. It may be recalled that LADOL obtained ...

The Office of the Auditor General for the Federation has queried the Nigerian Ports Authority over the failure of 18 port terminal operators to remit total sums of $753m and N1.61bn to the Federal Government. These operators are the Lagos Port Complex, Tin Can Island Port, Delta Port, Rivers Port Complex, Onne Port Complex and Calabar Port Complex. A query ...

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has indicated its intention to increase tariff relief by as much as 30 percent for service providers, as part of a multi-pronged approach to attract more vessel and cargo traffic to the Eastern ports. NPA’s Managing Director, Mohammed Bello Koko, disclosed this while addressing a stakeholders’ forum on an assessment tour of facilities in Port ...