Category: Reports
Piracy: The cheery news from IMB
A fortnight ago, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), a specialized department of the International Chamber of Commerce, released its report for the first quarter of...
The sad story of another floating dock
Dry docking is an integral part of shipping business. Ships must be in good shape to crisscross the world’s vast oceans. To ensure that a ship is always seaworthy, the...
NIMASA’s ‘basket of incentives’ to ship owners
In a recent interaction with journalists, the director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, said his agency...
Inland waterways transportation and its saboteurs
By Enyeribe Anyanwu The comatose state of inland water transportation remains a sad commentary on present day Nigeria. During the colonial era, inland waterways...
BREXIT: A time bomb ticking in Wales
There’s an ominous number that keeps coming up in conversations among workers at the port handling the bulk of trade between the U.K. and Ireland: “the 29th.”...
Exploiting Nigeria’s unknown flower, fruit and vegetable export market
While many African countries have yet to realize the potentials in horticultural and vegetable exports, Kenya has positioned itself as a major supplier of both in the...
Where did the trucks go?
By Enyeribe Anyanwu This was the question on the lips of Lagosians as they woke up Friday morning last week to find that trucks and tankers had suddenly disappeared from...
IDPs, impounded rice and the cycle of wastage
In 2018, the United Nations classified North East Nigeria as an area at high risk of famine; the major culprit being the violent conflict waged in the region over the...
Cabotage fund: 15 years of blame games and still no ships
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) last Monday blamed ship owners for the agency’s failure to disburse the Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund...
Cargo examination and the scanner dilemma
On July 7 2018, truck drivers in Nigeria under the aegis of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO)and Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO),...
Attacks on Customs officials
Shulammite ‘Foyeku, in this report, reviews recent attacks on officials of the Ogun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service by suspected smugglers. Just few...
Potential impact of Brexit on the maritime industry
Negotiations for Brexit have been a long time in the making and Britain is still uncertain as to what the outcome may constitute. However, the majority seem to be in the...
