The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said the maritime sector and logistics are the driving force behind globalisation. He stressed that everything about trade and development is centred on maritime transport and logistics. Dakuku stated this at the inauguration of Council Members of the Chattered […]
Read More The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has assured seafarers and other members of the international community of efforts to ensure that the country’s waters are safer for navigation. Dakuku, said this in Lagos when the Consular-General of the Korean Embassy in Nigeria, Kim In-Taek, paid him a […]
Read More The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has assured that NIMASA is committed to ensuring that all beneficiaries of the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) conclude their programme by getting the mandatory sea-time training. Peterside, stated this when he addressed a group of NSDP beneficiaries who came […]
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has disclosed that the maritime industry has assisted in boosting the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, by providing over a 100, 000 direct jobs and about two million indirect jobs even as it expressed worry that despite its contribution, it is not captured by the National Bureau […]
Read More The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has declared that between January and June, total cargo peterswas 96,626,737.96 metric tonnes, representing an increase of 31.24 per cent from 73,628,546.62MT recorded in the corresponding period of 2017. The Director General, NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, made this declaration in Lagos on Wednesday during an interactive session with […]
Read More The Director-General, of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has said that the Board and the management of the Agency are committed to ensuring that the quick responds to its core mandate of advancing Nigeria’s global maritime goals. Peterside, who stated this at a media briefing in Port Harcourt last […]
Read More Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says the agency is targeting ₦109 billion as revenue in 2018. He said this while speaking on the 2018 budget before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport in Abuja on Thursday. According to him, the agency was optimistic it will generate ₦109 billion […]
Read More Federal Government, yesterday, said that Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been able to reduce its running cost by over 50 per cent in one year, and significantly improved revenue generation and remittance to the Federal Government. Speaking on the occasion to mark the birthday of the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku […]
Read More As part of the initiative to reposition the maritime sector for greater efficiency in line with International best practices, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) will release the empirical forecast that will determine the outlook of the industry in Nigeria by the first quarter of 2018. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku […]
Read More The Director- General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, said the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has initiated plans to create a national policy on Blue Economy. Peterside said this in Lagos on Thursday during an enlightenment workshop organised for directors of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). According to him, the […]
Read More The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has kicked against maritime stakeholders, particularly ship operators’s inability to properly prepare their documentation for the purpose of registering vessels on the nation’s ship registry. Speaking in Lagos at a stakeholders’ interactive forum, Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, said the agency has been inundated with […]
Read More The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency is set to implement a new maritime security programme. The Director-General, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, stated this when the Shipping Association of Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit in Lagos. He informed the association that a lot of work was being done to ensure security of the maritime […]
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