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Uneasy calm has settled in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) following the President’s removal of Hadiza Bala Usman as the Managing Director for no stated reason. The Guardian gathered that the circumstances surrounding the removal of Usman was not unconnected to the power play exhibited by some top government officials who are interested in some contracts in the NPA. Some believe that she has stepped on toes for cancelling some alleged fraudulent contracts such as the Secure Anchorage Area ...

Uneasy calm has settled in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) following the President’s removal of Hadiza Bala Usman as the Managing Director for no stated reason. The Guardian gathered that the circumstances surrounding the removal of Usman was not unconnected to the power play exhibited by some top government officials who are interested in some contracts in the NPA. Some believe that she has stepped on toes for cancelling some alleged fraudulent contracts such as the Secure Anchorage Area ...

“For sustained and outstanding contribution to the maritime industry.” These were the words that Arun Sharma, executive chairman of classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), could see engraved on the Varuna Award trophy as it was presented to him at a virtual ceremony earlier this week. The industry veteran of nearly half a century had been unanimously nominated for the country’s highest maritime award on the 58 th edition of India’s National Maritime Day by t...

Members of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association (NMNOWTSSA) have applauded its National President, Bob Yousou and executives for the Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) for improved welfare packages that ensure Nigerian Seafarers are paid in line with the international best practice.        The union stated this while taking stock of achievements of the present executives led by Yousou as they clocked one year in office.   The members also app...

Three years after, N50bn NIMASA floating dock remains idle, untested Three years after, N50bn NIMASA floating dock remains idle, untested Share When, in 2018, the management of NIMASA procured a floating dock for about N50bn, it was expected to generate N1 billion monthly or N12 billion yearly, when fully operational. Three years down the line, the Floating Dock has remained idle, virtually doing nothing, writes TOLA ADENUBI. First introduced in the 1990’s, the floating dock system quickly r...

Brookes Bell Opens New Metallurgy, Fuel Testing And Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory Brookes Bell – the global technical and scientific consultancy – has (27 January 2021) officially opened its new high-end laboratory. The virtual opening which was shared with more than 50 online attendees included a walk-through introduction with the technical leads of the Brookes Bell’s enhanced and new departments – metallurgy, fuel testing, non-destructive testing and paint sample inspections. The...

Uchechukwu Nnaike A maritime education and training institution, Charkin Maritime Academy (CMA), situated in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has made public its interim accreditation from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). The accreditation from the NBTE is for CMA to run two critical National Diploma (ND) programmes, namely Nautical Science and Marine Engineering. It is on record that CMA is one of the first private maritime academies in Nigeria to be given accreditation by the NB...

Share The Senate has urged the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) to continue to bridge the deficit gap still noticeable in Nigeria’s seafaring manpower. This was disclosed on Monday by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Maritime Transport, Senator Danjuma Goje when 235 cadets graduated from the Maritime Academy during the 2020 Cadets Graduation Ceremony, which held in Oron, Akwa Ibom State. Speaking during the graduation ceremony which was held inside the Rotimi Amaechi Conference Centre...