FUEL CRISIS MAY LINGER TILL CHRISTMAS - IPMAN.
PMS popularly called petrol is usually on the rise during the Yuletide. He said people engage in a lot of intra and inter-state travels during this period, saying any slight hiccup in supply will lead to fuel scarcity. Adigun added that the shortage of daughter vessels was adversely affecting the turnaround time of petrol evacuation. Adigun explained that due to the shortage of the daughter vessels, it takes about one week for such a vessel to make a trip, thus compounding the challenges around petroleum distribution and evacuation. The IPMAN …
NLNG AND NPA PARTNER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE (VTS).
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) and the Nigerian Ports Authority have agreed on a partnership geared towards the deployment of a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS). This commitment was made, on Wednesday, when the Managing Director of the NLNG, Dr. Phillip Mshelbila, paid a partnership renewal visit to the NPA Headquarters in Lagos. The VTS which is to be deployed through the NLNG Ship Management Limited (NSML), a subsidiary of the NLNG, will enhance the capacity of the NPA in the area of domain awareness and management. Speaking o…
NIMASA FLOATING DOCK TO BE OPERATIONAL.
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), on Friday, said that plans were on for its floating dock to be operational in the first quarter of 2022 on Public Private Partnership (PPP). Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Director General, NIMASA, made this known at a media briefing to showcase the agency’s achievements in 2021, in Lagos. A floating dry dock is one out of the five types of dry docks used for ship repairs. It is a submersible platform that is specifically designed and used to repair vessels. The NIMASA N50 billion floating dr…
NIMASA PAID N37.69 BILLION INTO CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND (CRF) FG COFFERS IN 2021 - DIRECTOR GENERAL, NIMASA.
In its contribution to the Federal Government coffers in 2021, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) revealed that it paid N37.69 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) last year. The NIMASA Director-General, Bashir Jamoh who disclosed this during a media chat in Lagos at weekend noted that the N37.69 billion contribution was higher than N31.83 billion contributed by the agency in 2020. According to him, “In 2020, the agency contributed to the consolidated revenue account by paying N31,839,917,978.20k. We went…
