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In 2003, Nigeria provided just $25 million for shipping development, a very small amount given the size of the country. [15] Writing in 2004, Ayodeji Olukoju said "In effect, both the indigenous entrepreneurs and the National Maritime Authority merely play the role of rent collectors. The latter's earnings (in hard currency) rather than serve ...
Nigerian ports authority, CMS. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is a federal government agency that governs and operates the ports of Nigeria.The major ports controlled by the NPA include: the Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port in Lagos; Calabar Port, Delta Port, Rivers Port at Port Harcourt, and Onne Port.
Apapa Port Complex also known as the Lagos Port Complex is Nigeria's largest and busiest port complex. [1] The complex consist of a number of facilities including Apapa quays, Third Apapa Wharf Extension, Apapa Dockyard, Apapa Petroleum Wharf, Bulk Vegetable Oil Wharf, Ijora Wharf, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, and Lily pond inland container terminal. [2]
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that 50,000 seafarers are needed for the Nigerian shipping industry to realise its full potential. [6] As of 2009, Nigeria had fewer than 3,000 seafarers. About 2,000 vessels were engaged in cabotage, or local trade between Nigerian ports, with mostly foreign crews. [8]
National Inland waterways authority, Outer Marina, CMS, Lagos Nigeria. National Inland Waterways Authority (also known as NIWA) is the authorised agency in charge of inland water regulation in Nigeria. [1] Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji is the Managing Director of NIWA. [2]
Apapa is a Local Government Area in Lagos, Nigeria located to the west of Lagos Island. Apapa contains a number of ports and terminals operated by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), including the major port of Lagos State and Lagos Port Complex (LPC).Federal Government [1]
The union was founded in 1996, when the Government of Nigeria merged four unions: [1] Dockworkers' Union of Nigeria; Nigerian Port Authority Workers' Union; Nigeria Union of Seamen and Water Transport Workers; Union of Shipping, Clearing and Forwarding Agencies Workers of Nigeria
Nigerian ports shipped out some 487,000 tonnes in the first three months of 2019. [1] One notable maritime project is the Lekki Port, located in the Lagos Free Trade Zone. Slated to be Nigeria’s first deepsea port and the deepest such facility in sub-Saharan Africa, work on Lekki began in March 2018 and is targeted to be complete in 2022.