The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is closely monitoring the crude oil spill incident which took place during loading operations in Egina on 15th November 2023 at about 6:30am. Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, Osagie Edwards, in a statement said the Agency is working closely with the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and Nigerian Upstream Read More
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and the Nigerian Navy have inaugurated a Committee to establish ways in which the synergy between both organs of government can be channeled into creating a welcoming environment for investment in the Blue Economy. Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA Osagie Edward, in a statement said, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC West), Rear Admiral Read More
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has organized a 3-day Biofouling Management Training for coastal states within Africa. Assistant Director, Public Relations NIMASA Osagie Edward in a statement said the training is part of efforts to explore the newest technologies in biofouling, in compliance with International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Director General of Read More
Nigerian Maritime Administration And Safety Agency ( NIMASA) says it has commenced a two day Medical Certification Workshop specifically designed for seafarers in the maritime industry in the country. Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration And Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh made the disclosure in his keynote address presented at the workshop in Port Harcourt on Friday. Dr. Jamoh Read More
A group known as Tinubu/Shettima Renewed Hope Advocate, has lauded the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, and the Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, over the reforms and commitment to deliver the President’s maritime agenda. The Tinubu/Shettima Renewed Hope Advocate gave both the Minister and the NIMASA boss the pat Read More
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), under the auspices of Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria (CCSON) on Wednesday, debunked allegations of budget inflation, secret employment leveled against the Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh, saying they are unfounded and lies from detractors. This was contained in an address delivered during a press conference organised Read More
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has revealed that a total of 8,014 seafarers were registered in 2021, 2022, and the first six months of 2023. A statement by Assistant Director, Public Relations of NIMASA, Osagie Edward, said 24 MLC, 2006 certificates were issued in the year 2021, 49 MLC, 2006 certificates issued in the year 2022 and 63 Read More
No fewer than 74 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), under the auspices of Coalition of Civil Society Organisation of Nigeria (COCSON), Tuesday, backed stance of the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) against Femi Falana, SAN, over alleged claim of acquisition of properties abroad by NIMASA. COCSON made its position known during a press conference held in Read More
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has debunked the allegation that it recently acquired three properties in the United Kingdom (UK). Femi Falana SAN, while speaking Channels TV flagship programme, Sunrise Daily on Friday morning had alleged that the agency recently acquired three properties in the UK. However, NIMASA’s assistant director of public relations, Osagie Edward, in a Read More
By Abuja In line with the mandate of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) which includes safe shipping and cleaner oceans, a team comprising of Search and Rescue and marine accident investigation officers have been dispatched to the scene of the incident involving the Majestic Rig belonging to Depthwize Nigeria Limited, which capsized at Ovhor in Warri, Delta Read More
The management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has handed over the leased site at the Continental Shipyard Limited (CSL) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to the technical partners, Melsmore. The technical partners are to liaise with the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority in finalising site management, which include risk assessment in preparation to move Read More
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has taken over areas leased to it by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the Continental Shipyard for the operations of the Modular Floating Dock. The areas include: the dolphin jetty, waterfront of the jetty adjourning the slipway, an administrative block, a construction, welding and mechanical workshop and a civil maintenance workshop, Read More
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr.Bashir Jamoh, has restated the Agency’s commitment to issuing appropriate certification to Nigerian Navy personnel who undergo requisite trainings at the Nigerian Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC). Dr. Jamoh who stated this when a delegation from NAVTRAC led by the Flag Officer Commanding, Rear Admiral Patrick Nwatu paid a Read More
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has said that the allegations of nepotism against its Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, and his management team. According to the Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, Osagie Edward, in a statement, said that the allegations was not only mischievous but smacked of mischief whose purpose was to mislead Nigerians. The Statement read: Read More
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has urged stakeholders to consider a change of trade terms in the Oil and Gas sector from the Free on Board (FOB) to the Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) model. Speaking at the 2023 Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the Read More
The federal government has said the training institutes established by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) will serve as centers where students will acquire world class knowledge and development of competencies in the maritime sector. The agency disclosed it has established such institutions in different parts of Nigeria as part of its Cooperate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to Read More
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh on Tuesday April 25, 2023 received Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd), the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), at the Maritime House, Apapa, Lagos State. While receiving the PAP boss, Dr. Jamoh stated that the Maritime industry in Nigeria is large enough to sustainably Read More
The Norwegian government has commended Nigeria for it leadership role in ensuring safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea. The Royal Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anniken Huitfeldt also and declared the country’s readiness to deepen relationship with Nigeria in the maritime sector with particular reference to capacity development. Huitfeldt, made her country’s position known when during a working Read More
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have agreed to work closely with relevant stakeholders as NIMASA inches closer to developing a regulatory framework to provide operational guidelines for Submarine Cable and Pipeline Operators in Nigeria. Officials of both organs of Government in Lagos, reached this agreement at a pre Read More
The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim Tuesday commissioned the ultra-modern headquarters of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The new NIMASA headquarters is located at Victoria Island, Lagos. Speaking during the commissioning of the building, Lim expressed confidence in the leadership of Nigeria’s transport sector, extolling the dynamic role of the Minister Read More
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Administration Agency (NIMASA) said no attack has been carried out by pirates on the nation’s territorial waters since March this year. Director General of NIMASA, Mr Bashir Jamoh, said this Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team. “From the first quarter of this year to date, we have not Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has commended the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for its capacity development initiative in the Nigerian maritime sector. He further applauded the Agency for remaining focused in the delivery of its mandate, noting that the Agency has a better image than what it was ten years ago. Read More
Minister of Transportation Mu’ azu Jaji Sambo says Nigeria is committed to achieving greener shipping in line with the campaign by the International Maritime Organization, IMO, to attain sustainable development in the maritime industry. Sambo said the country would not be left behind in the global move towards greener shipping just as he urged stakeholders in the maritime sector to Read More
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Bashir Jamoh, is set to be honoured by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari with the conferment of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR). This was disclosed in a conveyance letter to Dr. Jamoh from the Office of the Honourable Minister, Ministry of Special Duties Read More
The Honorable Minister of Transportation, Mr. Mu’azuJaji Sambo has charged the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to ensure prompt deployment of the Modular Floating Dockyard the Agency acquired sometimes ago. The Agency’s Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who disclosed this while speaking with the media in Lagos,said that the Honorable Minister described the deployment of Read More
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