Only foreign vessels responsible for freighting $9bn worth of Nigeria crude oil
Samson EchenimJune 26, 2019
In 2015, Nigeria lost $9 billion in crude oil freight to foreign vessels which lifted all of the country’s production for that year without a single Nigerian flagged vessel going to oceans and the development may have continued till 2019, Hassan Bello, executive secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council, has revealed. “In 2015, Nigeria lost $9 billion in freight on dry […]
Nigeria’s cabotage trade grows by 32% as NIMASA calls for action to develop female seafarers
Samson EchenimJune 26, 2019
Nigerian wholly owned ships and other vessels operating in the country’s cabotage waters increased by 32 percent in 2018, the industry’s regulator, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said. Owing to the increase, the agency said number of seafarers engaged in 2018 rose by 200 percent from 1,000 in 2017 to 3,000 in […]