Nigeria: Why NLNG Vessels Are Not Flagged in Nigeria – -Shipping Firm
The management of the NLNG Ship Management Limited, NSML, the shipping arm of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, has given reason for putting its vessels in the Bermudian Ship Registry instead of the Nigerian Ship Registry.
Ahmed said that none of the NLNG-NSML vessels is Nigerian flagged as the acquisition of the vessels were through international funding adding that there were also conditions tied to funding these acquisitions.
NSML boss explained that the flagging or registration of vessels in Nigeria is the desire of the shipping firm but the regulation and other factors to make that work in Nigeria must be in place such that it also must be internationally accepted.
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Niger Delta stakeholders have concluded plans to convene a meeting with the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), ethnic nationalities and civil society groups in preparation to shut down headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The Guardian learnt that conveners of the meeting would discuss the protest against the continued retention of the commission’s Interim Management Committee (IMC) earlier scheduled for January 2021, but was suspended after the intervention of some stakeholders.
However, after about three months of not yielding to some of their demands, the youths are poised for another showdown, especially over the tenure of the Interim Administrator, Akwa Effiong.
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NPA, NLNG move to reduce carbon emissions
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THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, in collaboration with the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, NLNG, has commenced moves to reduce carbon dioxide emission and embrace the use of cleaner and safer source of energy.
Speaking at the just concluded NLNG conference tagged: “Decade of Gas” held in Abuja, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, Managing Director, NPA, said the agency is aligning with the global discourse that reduction in the use of heavy hydrocarbons and increasing the use of liquified natural gas in maritime transport could help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and other pollution arising from international trade.
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