By Afolabi Oyekunle. Stakeholders in Nigeria's Maritime industry on Wednesday August 28, 2024 gathered at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lagos to chat a way forward towards the revival  of Nigeria maritime Expo annual international exhibition and conference(NIMAREX) . President Nigeria Ship owners Association of Nigeria and converner of Nimarex 2024 , Otunba Sola Adewunmi in his welcome address at the inaugural meeting called for Government /private partnership synergy and collaboration of all stakeholders to bring back NIMAREX  which he described as  Africa's biggest maritime event.   "As we embark on this new chapter, it is crucial that we all recognise NIMAREX as our event -- a true umbrella that brings together all maritime associations, fostering unity and cooperation across the entire industry." "This  is not just an event for NISA; it is an event for every stakeholder in the maritime sector together, we can make NIMAREX a rallying point where our ...

By Afolabi Oyekunle. The Nigerian shipper's Council has resolved a complaint of 2 damaged export containers of Black Eye Beans to Jebel Ali port, Dubai, United Arab Emirate,shipped from Kaduna Inland Dry port( KIDP) by USBAB MULTI CHOICE LTD( Exporter) who attributed the damage to the delay allegedly caused by Inland container Nigeria Limited, ICNL  (Forwarding Agent) and MAERSK Nigeria Limited ( Carrier). In a letter of complaint received via the council's port Office,Kaduna, the Managing Director of USBAB MULTI CHOICE LTD, Mr. Usman Baba Ahmad stated that two export containers of Cowpea Black Eye Beans were damaged.   They put the value of the beans at $104,111.75 USD, while the total terminal and documentation cost was N1,653,205.88( One million six Hundred and Fifty - Three Naira,Two Hundred and Five Naira,Eighty-Eighty kobo). The exporter identified delay by ICNL ( Terminal Operator/ Forwarding Agent) and  of what transpired from when the cargo ...

By Afolabi Oyekunle. An expert in the Maritime sector, Mr Suresh Prabhakar has called for a practical approach in the way and maner of dealing with the issue of drug trafficking without a huge revenue loss to the ship owners. He lamented that several shipowners have been made to go bankrupt due to the huge cost incurred in lost revenue by way of  vessels delays, legal costs, crew salaries, family upkeep and the likes. Prabhakar, Director, Operations, Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, Hong Kong spoke at the Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria (MASPAN) and Alumni of Maritime Academy of Nigeria Oron (AMANO) Conference with the Theme; Drugs & Human Smuggling/Trafficking: The Evolving Maritime Security Threats To Ships Seafarers" in Lagos on Thursday. He bemoaned incidences where agencies like the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) detains ship for long period of time, spends months on investigation, while at the end the crew are found not guilty. "From ...