WAF Shipping Focus: Week 45
- Agwe Logistics Solutions
- Nov 8, 2024
- 3 min read
The management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has advised International Oil Companies, terminal and jetty operators, and all other companies involved in stevedoring in the country to refrain from engaging unregistered dockworkers. All stakeholders, including dock labor employers and stevedoring companies, are encouraged to apply for new operating licenses or renew expired ones within a 30-day moratorium period. This requirement is stipulated by the NIMASA Act of 2007 and outlined in the NIMASA Stevedoring Regulations of 2014, which mandates strict compliance from all maritime operators.
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In a dedicated effort to enhance security, safety, and uphold the welfare of citizens using Nigeria’s inland waterways, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, has reiterated the Authority’s unwavering commitment to safeguarding lives and property on the waterways. Speaking from the ongoing 46th Consultative Conference of Contracting Parties at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) headquarters in London.
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The Apapa Area One Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said it has collected over N1.8 trillion for first ten months of the year, surpassing 2023 collection by 101 percent as over N931 billion was collected in the period under review. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, the Command’s Area Comptroller, Dr. Babatunde Olomu said that for the month of October, a total of N264.4 billion was collected being the highest in the history of the command. Olomu also said that with the amount so far collected, the command will likely surpass its 2024 revenue target of N2.2 trillion.
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The Nigerian Shippers’ Council said that it saved the nation’s economy over N40 billion in the last one year. Speaking at a media parley to mark his one year in office, Executive Secretary of the Council, Barr. Pius Akutah, said the $40billion was saved from reasonable charter fee. Akutah also said that the agency is targeting to ensure that investments in the maritime sector grow to $10 billion in the next five years. He, however disclosed that the economy would have been worse-off if that money was not saved in the economy.
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The plan of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) in the coming year is to position Nigeria as a maritime logistics hub for Africa, said Pius Akutah, executive secretary of the NSC. Speaking at an event in Lagos to mark his one year in office, Akutah bemoaned the connectivity challenge within the African continent as shipments originating from Africa and destined for African countries still go to Europe first before returning to the destination country, increasing time and cost. To push forward with the plan in the coming year, he said, the Council is partnering with major global shipping companies to support this vision, and some have committed to investing.
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APM Terminals Apapa celebrated a historic achievement as the largest containership ever to visit Nigeria’s Lagos Port Complex Apapa docked at its terminal. The vessel, EA CENTAURUS, is owned by COSCO Shipping and currently flies the Singaporean flag. This impressive containership, measuring 272 metres in length, 43 metres in width, and with a 14.3-meter draft, boasts a capacity of 7,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). The vessel’s arrival was celebrated by senior officials from APM Terminals, COSCO Shipping, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), and the Nigeria Customs Service, underscoring the importance of this moment for Nigeria’s trade sector.
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