The Nigerian Maritime and Safety Administration (NIMASA) has commenced moves for the deployment of the Modular Floating Dock to the operational base as part of its current efforts to enhance port operations in the country. Already, the agency has moved the Floating Dock to a jetty at the Standard Flour Mills in Apapa preparatory to […]
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Sunday successfully berthed the largest container carrier ever at the Lekki Deep Seaport, thereby taking Nigeria’s trade facilitation a notch higher. The vessel, MAERSK EDIRNE, measuring 367m in overall length, has a breadth of 48.2m and carried a Gross Registered Tonnage GRT of 142,131metric tonnes and a Dead Weight […]
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello- Koko, has refuted the rumour about $1.8 billion allegedly missing from the Authority, describing it as ill-founded and false. According to him, the inability of the NPA to remit substantial part of the amount which is considered irrecoverable is due to faulty concession. Bello- […]
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced that INTELS Nigeria Limited waived $193 million interest on its debt to the company as part of the efforts aimed at resolving the stalemate on the pilotage contract with the Federal Government under the immediate past administration. The authority, in a statement titled “Setting the Record Straight in […]
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has outlined plans to invest about $1.1 billion (about N800 billion) in the various ports across the country in furtherance of its current efforts to reduce the high turnaround times of vessels and improve ports efficiency. The Managing Director of the Authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko, in an X post on Monday, […]
President Bola Tinubu has called for improved African countries’ commitment to the development of their nation’s maritime sector through the provision of critical infrastructure and investing in the ports towards facilitating cross-border trade in the continent. The President, who gave this charge on Monday in Lagos while declaring open the 43rd Annual Council Meeting and […]
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Muhammad Bello-Koko, has solicited the support of the Acting Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, to decongest the Lagos ports and enhance trade facilitation in the nation’s seaports. He also canvassed the NCS’ collaboration in its current efforts to upgrade the facilities at the […]
The Federal Government at the weekend unveiled plans to reduce the number of federally collectable taxes from 52 to 10 and also change the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) as part of its renewed moves to harmonise tax collection activities and improve the efficiency of the fiscal system. President Tinubu’s […]
…. first of its kind in Africa The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated Bollard Pull Tug Boats (vessels) at the Lagos ports acquired by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in furtherance of its sustained drive provide efficient domestic cargo needs, win back transit cargo from neighbouring countries and also to meet the maritime needs […]
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has inaugurated modern control towers for the Lagos and Tin Can Island Port complexes as part of its sustained drive of transforming the Nigerian maritime logistics hub into sustainable port services in Africa. The Managing Director/CEO of NPA, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, said at the inauguration of the towers on Thursday […]