Editor's Pick NIMASA’s Floating Dock: Good venture gone awry? In 2013, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) came up with an ambitious project that is meant to stimulate the maritime industry. ... By maritimemagJune 17, 20190
Editor's Pick The Visible Strides of Presidential Task Force On Apapa Traffic: How Far, So Far By Dapo Olawuni | The Presidential Task Force on Apapa Traffic was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on May 24th 2019 ... By maritimemagJune 16, 20190
Editor's Pick Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, a child of necessity On May 30th, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari wrote back to the National Assembly that he would not assent to a bill transmitted to ... By maritimemagJune 14, 20190
Editor's Pick Amaechi’s stewardship in maritime industry Amaechi’s stewardship in maritime industry Until recently when President Muhammadu Buhari dissolved his cabinet, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, bestrode the Nigerian Maritime industry as the ... By maritimemagJune 5, 20190
Editor's Pick Insecurity and vulnerability of Nigerian Ports In recent times, the security architecture of the country has come under ceaseless bombardment by insurgents and militants, stretching our security personnel and their ... By maritimemagMay 27, 20191
Editor's Pick CRFFN and burden of leadership The creation of Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria(CRFFN) was a deliberate attempt of government to reform the freight forwarding ... By maritimemagMay 21, 20190
Editor's Pick One Year of Macabre Dance of Nwabunike as ANLCA President. Recently, Tony Iju Nwabunike, the National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents(ANLCA) marked his one year in office. He was ... By maritimemagMay 13, 20190
Editor's Pick Container Deposit as tool for extortion by shipping companies. Shipping is a big business. So the shipping companies are in this business to make profit, just like all the players in the ... By maritimemagMay 6, 20190
Editor's Pick The CGC Strike Force – a monster in the making On April 25, 2019, a circular issued on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali and signed by DCG Chidi, gave a ... By maritimemagMay 1, 20190
Editor's Pick How much is NIMASA’s Certificate of Competence Worth? Seafarers or seamen are essential parts of shipping activities in a maritime nation and form the nucleus of its human capacity and shipping development. ... By maritimemagApril 28, 20190
Editor's Pick Customs boss passes ” vote of no confidence” on Area Controllers — empowers strike force team to intervene in cargo release. By ZION Olalekan /Tayo Oladipupo In what appears to be a vote of no confidence in his Area controllers at the commands, the ... By maritimemagApril 27, 20190
Editor's Pick National Transport Commission (NTC): Catalyst for growth in Transport Sector A well structured and coordinated transport sector often triggers a phenomenal growth in the economy. Most developed economies of the world use transport ... By maritimemagApril 15, 20190
Editor's Pick The need to decentralise powers of NIWA over waterways transportation. Water transport the world over is the most desirable mode of transportation due to its affordability and low maintenance costs. It is an ... By maritimemagApril 12, 20190
Editor's Pick Customs/Agents rift: Collapse of relationship built on mutual suspicion. The Nigeria Customs Service and Customs brokers are two halves of the same coin with a symbiotic relationship. The two need each other ... By maritimemagApril 6, 20190
Editor's Pick $300 Passage Fee: NIWA’s Daily Pursuit of Revenue on Dangerous Waterways Last February, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), in a memo dated February 4th 2019, shocked the distraught operators on the Nigeria’s ... By maritimemagMarch 25, 20190
Editor's Pick Truck owners’ initiative on trailer parks as metaphor for government failure The malignant traffic gridlock on Lagos ports access roads has continued to defy solutions. Not even the sluggish approach of government to the ... By maritimemagMarch 18, 20190
