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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.
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 ...
Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ) is a West African economic development area, established and operated by Nigerdock. [1] It is strategically located on 252 hectares of land [1] and infrastructure within the main harbour of Lagos, Nigeria and along the main navigation channel adjacent to Tin Can Island and Apapa ports, with immediate access to the open sea.
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Nigerian Content Monitoring and Development Board (NCMDB) Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) - defunct [1] Rural Electrification Agency (REA)
Nigerian Shippers' Council is an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The council is responsible for protecting exporters and importers in Nigeria as well as its goods. The Agency is an affiliation of Nigerian Ports Authority and were under the supervision of Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy (Nigeria) .
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
Ose and her sister ships are Ocea FPB 72 vessels, just 24 metres (79 ft) long, with a range of 600 nautical miles (1,100 km), sufficient for short missions, within Nigeria's Exclusive Economic Zone. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She carries a crew of twelve, and can proceed at up to 35 knots (65 km/h).
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.