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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 ...
The port management announced in August 2022, that the port will be opened by the next month. [27] [25] According to managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, tests and dry runs will be underway at the deepwater port from 16 September 2022. Recruitment has already been carried out.
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]
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.
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
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]