Editor's Pick How much is NIMASA’s Certificate of Competency Worth? Seafarers or seamen are essential parts of shipping activities in a maritime nation and form the nucleus of its human capacity and shipping ... By maritimemagJanuary 31, 20220
Editor's Pick Editorial: How Customs’ revenue hunt hurts trade facilitation It has been an annual ritual for the Federal government to set revenue target for the Nigeria Customs Service. For each of these ... By maritimemagJanuary 24, 20220
Editor's Pick Is NIMASA’S N50 billion floating dock jinxed? In 2013, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) came up with an ambitious project that was meant to stimulate the ... By maritimemagJanuary 17, 20220
Editor's Pick Need for government to review port concession programme of 2006 It is no gainsaying that the port concession programme of 2006 has revolutionised port operations in the country. It would also be ... By maritimemagJanuary 10, 20220
Editor's Pick Shippers’ Council loses steam under Jime Since the appointment of Emmanuel Jime in June, 2021 as the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Shippers’ Council, the once vibrant agency under ... By maritimemagDecember 20, 20210
Editor's Pick [Editorial] Nigeria’s Loss of IMO Seat: One Defeat Too Many Last week Friday, Nigeria once again lost its bid to regain the Category C seat of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in a keenly ... By maritimemagDecember 13, 20210
Editor's Pick Editorial: Container Deposit as tool for extortion by shipping companies. Shipping is big business. So the shipping companies are in this business to make profit, just like all the players in the sector. ... By maritimemagNovember 29, 20210
Editor's Pick Deploying Technology to Curb Attacks By Smugglers On Customs Officers Attacks on officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, especially the anti-smuggling team of Federal Operations Units, by smugglers, have reached a level that ... By maritimemagNovember 22, 20210
Editor's Pick [Editorial] Why Government Should Probe Third Governing Council Of CRFFN In a bid to sanitise and regulate the operations of freight forwarding industry in Nigeria, the Federal Government, through an Act of Parliament ... By maritimemagSeptember 13, 20210
Editor's Pick [Editorial] Securing Nigerian Ports Amidst Rising Insecurity In recent times, the security architecture of the country has come under ceaseless bombardment by insurgents and militants, stretching its security personnel and ... By maritimemagSeptember 6, 20210
Editor's Pick NAGAFF: Reaping From ANLCA’S Unending War For over three years now, the Association of Nigerian Licenced Customs Agents(ANLCA) has been embroiled in a senseless war of attrition. A needless ... By maritimemagJuly 19, 20210
Editor's Pick NIMASA’S 17 Billion New Headquarters: A White Elephant Purchase Last week Wednesday, at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, told journalists that ... By maritimemagJuly 12, 20210
Editor's Pick Ease of Doing Business At Ports: How Far, How Well? It was four years ago that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo signed an Executive Order on Ease of doing business at the ports. The order, ... By maritimemagApril 26, 20210
Editor's Pick Curbing attacks on Customs officers by smugglers Attacks on officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, especially the anti-smuggling team of Federal Operations Units, by smugglers, have reached a level that ... By maritimemagApril 19, 20210
Editor's Pick Ease of doing business : A long shot in the dark At the Annual Awards Ceremony of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in 2020, the Secretary to the Government of Federation ... By maritimemagApril 12, 20210
Editor's Pick Revamping non-oil export trade for economic prosperity. It is an undisputable fact that the economic prosperity of a nation depends on the level of its export trade. A nation ... By maritimemagMarch 29, 20210