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  • NIMASA moves to bridge Nigeria’s gap in IMO White List

    In the next few months, Nigeria will head to London as part of the meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) which comes up in November. IMO is an apex world regulatory agency as far as the...

    • Posted September 30, 2013
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  • FG set to revive national shipping carriers

    The Federal Government has said it is ready to grant approval to indigenous shipping firms to export crude oil and stem the nation’s huge capital flight. This is coming 17 years after the liquidation of the Nigerian...

    • Posted August 27, 2013
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  • No accurate data on port facilities in Nigeria – Report

    THERE are indications that Nigeria does not have accurate report on the number of port facilities that currently exit  in the country. The United States Coast Guard  report on Nigeria’s compliance with the International Ship and Ports...

    • Posted July 26, 2013
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  • NLNG loses $525m in face-off with NIMASA

    The Nigeria LNG Limited, NLNG, the nation’s foremost liquefied natural gas, producer, may have lost about $525 million as a result of the ongoing dispute with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, over levy. Vanguard...

    • Posted July 23, 2013
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  • NLNG begins gas export this week

    The management of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has concluded plans to deliver liquefied natural gas to major export terminals in Spain, Italy, France and Turkey this week. This followed the out-ofcourt settlement concluded with...

    • Posted July 15, 2013
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  • NLNG/NIMASA face-off: Depots run out of cooking gas

    Major Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) depots in Lagos, from where the product is loaded and transferred to other parts of the country, are now empty due to the lack of supply from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural...

    • Posted July 12, 2013
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  • NLNG/NIMASA crisis pushes up cooking gas price

    The scarcity of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly known as cooking gas, which became noticeable on Friday, worsened on Monday with major plants in Lagos and Ogun states rationing the product and increasing the price. Our correspondent gathered...

    • Posted July 2, 2013
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  • NIMASA’s Cabotage fund attracts single digit interest rate

    THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) is to attract a single digit interest rate. Disclosing this in Abuja earlier in the week, Transport Minister, Senator Idris Umar said that all...

    • Posted June 6, 2013
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  • NIMASA: Reps to probe N40bn Cabotage fund lodged in commercial banks

    House of Representatives today, Wednesday, unveiled plan to probe over N40 billion Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF ), allegedly trapped in some commercial banks. The adhoc committee was mandated to determine the total amount that had been...

    • Posted May 9, 2013
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  • NIMASA lifts blockade on NLNG

    There was relief for gas-dependent sectors of the economy on Sunday after the National Security Adviser,  Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) and two ministers intervened in the feud between the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency and the...

    • Posted May 6, 2013
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