MARITIME

The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is poised to ensure optimal utilisation of its facilities across the nation’s seaports, according to the Acting Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko. He made this known in a statement on Monday in Lagos, saying that this was with a view to position the ports on a competitive edge in the West and ...

The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Basir Jamoh has described maritime as the blood of the nation and global economy without which there would not be global trade as it is known today. Jamoh who gave his goodwill message at the 2021 World Maritime Day celebration organized by the Federal Ministry of Transportation with the theme: ...

Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Mohammed Bello-Koko says the organisation is poised to leverage Nigeria’s status as Africa’s biggest economy to actualise the country’s maritime hub status in the region. In a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos by NPA General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr Olaseni Alakija, Bello-Koko disclosed this in Abeokuta, Ogun, at ...

LADOL Free Zone has set another ground-breaking record as the company and Mammoet performed the first heavy lift project in West Africa using the MTC 15 shore crane – the largest of its kind in the world. LADOL in a statement said the heavy lift project involved the offloading and launching of a multi-Cat 320-ton vessel into the water using ...

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 18 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and others from Sept. 9 to Sept. 16. NPA made this known in its publication, Shipping Position, a copy of which was made available in Lagos on Thursday. According to it, the ships are expected to arrive at the Lagos Port Complex. The ...

The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has pledged management’s determination to reposition the nation’s seaports for greater efficiency, safety and accountability. Bello-Koko made the pledge in a statement signed by Mr Olaseni Alakija, General Manager Corporate and Strategic Communications, on Monday in Lagos. The Acting MD, while speaking at the just-concluded strategic retreat ...

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said 20 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods were expected at the Lagos ports from Aug. 19 to 31. The NPA stated that the ships also contained general cargo, bulk malt, bulk sugar, container, butane gas, jet fuel, automobile gasoline, bulk gypsum, bulk soya bean, bulk wheat and frozen fish. ...

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 21 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and others from July 27 to Aug. 5. The NPA made this known in its publication, Shipping Position, a copy of which was made available in Lagos on Tuesday. According to the NPA, the ships are expected to arrive at the Lagos Port ...

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed great satisfaction with the level of progress recorded on the construction of the Lekki Deep Sea Port project. Amaechi revealed this during an inspection visit to the Port by the Federal Ministry of Transportation and other government agencies including the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Nigeria Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the ...

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said 23 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, frozen fish, container, bulk fertilizer, bulk sugar, bulk soya and bulk salt. Others listed include base oil, petrol and butane gas. The NPA said it was expecting 10 others laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods from July 12 to ...