The Managing Director of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics, Dr. Amy Jadesimi, speaks about the potential of the maritime sector and LADOL’S $500m investment in a vessel-fabricating facility expected to generate 50,000 jobs and attract $10bn private sector investment: How has it been running LADOL for eight years? As the Managing Director of LADOL, I have a very broad charge. […]
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The Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is poised to unlock an unprecedented estimated private sector investment of about $30b in the next few years. The BMW was adopted in order to control and manage ships ballast and sediments. This will help reduce the harmful effects on the marine environment that are spread through aquatic […]
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The President, Nigerian Importers Integrity Association (NIIA), Mr Godwin Onyekazi, has kicked against the planned transfer of long-standing (overtime) containers to off-dock facilities, especially the Ikorodu Lighter Terminal (IKLT) in Lagos. Onyekazi spoke on Monday against the backdrop of clamour by some clearing agents at Ikorodu for the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to transfer overtime containers from the main port […]
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Groaning under intense hardship imposed by poor government policies and global economic crunch, over 20 shipping firms have exited the nation’s shores. This is coming as Dockworkers Union of Nigeria (DUN) lamented that over 3,000 workers have already been laid off by various shipping companies, terminal operators and logistic companies, owing to lack of financing and poor import policies of […]
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SIFAX Group, a multinational corporation with diverse interests in maritime, aviation, haulage & logistics, oil & gas and hospitality, on Friday launched its one-stop-shop vehicle importation service. The service kicked off with the formal reception of the first vessel, ‘MV Glovis Supreme’, at the Ports & Cargo Handling Services Ltd. Terminal, Tin-Can Island Port, Lagos.
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