The GbaramatuVoice was established in 2015 as a monthly tabloid published by the Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited. It hit the newsstand first on August 2015. The newspaper’s sole objective is to bring to public glare what the management saw at the cradle of its formation as information gap and asymmetrical reportage of the activities and people of the Niger Delta.
The Managing Director and CEO of Joemarine, one of Nigeria’s foremost private maritime training institutes, Mr. Akpos Epidei, recently embarked on a visit to the Philippines with the primary aim of engaging with delegates of the ongoing NCDMB/Total COC training program. This visit aligns with Joemarine Institute’s commitment to enhancing Nigeria’s maritime manpower through sustainable
Oil Theft: Nigerian Navy hands over arrested vessels to owners The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Formoso, on Friday, handed over a merchant tanker vessel, MV TIS IV and Barge Podium to its owners after the vessels were arrested for allegedly engaging in crude oil theft and illegal bunkering among other crimes. The vessels
NIMASA takes over Continental Shipyard, sets to deploy N50bn modular floating dock 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 but not limited to the dolphin jetty,
Finally, Federal Government approves concession of NIMASA floating dockyard 4 years after …Says initiative will save Nigeria N300billion, build human capacity Four years after its acquisition, the Federal Government has finally approved the concessioning of the N50 billion floating dockyard owned by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The floating dockyard, which was
Crude Oil Theft: Nigerian Navy hands over vessels, crew to EFCC for investigation Two vessels, MT Platform and MV Caribbean Crest alongside a crew of 22 suspected oil thieves were on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and possible prosecution by the Nigerian Navy. Commanding officer of the Nigerian
NIMASA to visit Philippines over Nigerian cadets’ protest The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency said it will be sending a fact-finding team to the Philippines over the recent protest by some of its cadets under the National Seafarers Development Programme. A statement by NIMASA described the development involving NIMASA’s NSDP 2013 cadets as seen
NIMASA to deploy special mission surveillance aircraft to fight crude oil theft The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says it will soon deploy Special mission 24/7 surveillance aircraft to tackle menace of pipeline oil theft. Director General and Chief Executive Officer of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh disclosed this today when he graced the
NLNG invites bids for security escort vessels for tankers in Gulf of Guinea The Nigeria LNG is seeking the services of security escort vessels for tankers calling at its Bonny Terminal, in renewed efforts to wade off attacks from pirates in the notorious gulf of Guinea. The company is inviting bids for Long-Range Security Escort
The Nigerian Navy has rescued a drifting passenger vessel, MV Nue Swift, belonging to an oil servicing firm, Nue Offshore Resources Limited, off the coast of Bonny, Rivers State. The vessel, with five Nigerians on-board, according to the Nigerian Navy, had lost its means of propulsion at Agbara platform while transiting from Forcados in Delta
NIMASA receives 2 UAS, 9 patrol boats, 10 armoured vehicles for Deep Blue Project The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has taken delivery of additional mobile assets for enhanced maritime security under its deep blue project. Two unmanned aircraft system, nine interceptor patrol boats and 10 armoured vehicles have been added to the
10 Ships arrive Rivers, Warri Ports to discharge cargoes A total of ten ships laden with cargoes will arrive Rivers Port Complex, Port Harcourt, and Warri Port in Delta State today. This was contained in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Weekly Shipping Position Publication, a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Port
Newly acquired Nigerian navy warship arrives Gabon enroute Lagos As part of her maiden voyage to Nigeria, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) KADA stopped over at Port Gentil, Gabon on Saturday 21 May 2022. This being her last Port Call before her arrival to Lagos. ALSO READ: Nigerian Navy’s new defence ship arrives Oman, set to
WARRI PORT: Federal Government awards contract for dredging of Escravos channel Determined to revive the port in Delta State, the Federal Government of Nigeria said it has awarded a contract for remedial dredging of Escravos channel. Mohammed Bello-Koko, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), who disclosed this in Warri on Tuesday, said the
NIMASA committed to Nigerian Maritime University development – Jamoh Conversion of NSTC Okoloba to NMU campus in consideration. Experts in Nigeria for Modular floating dockyard deployment The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh has restated the Agency’s commitment to development of the Nigerian Maritime University,(NMU) Okerenkoko, Delta
Controversy has continued to trail the sinking of a gunboat under the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) named NIMASA-BARUGU in Lagos waters on Sunday evening. This is even as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) revealed that litigation issues surrounding the sunk vessel and others, which were procured under
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), said it has perfected the arrangement to ensure that the over N50 billion floating dockyard acquired in 2018, begins operations before the end of the first quarter of this year. Bashir Jamoh, the director-general of the NIMASA, who disclosed this in Lagos on Friday during a media parley to
… Send SOS to government Boat helmsmen and operators plying the Andoni-Bonny-Port Harcourt waterways have decried incessant attacks and kidnapping by pirates and called on the Rivers State Government to come to their aid. The helmsmen said it was important that the government lived up to its obligations by protecting the lives and property of
By Ebi Perekeme The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has outlined some of the gains inherent if the Federal Government decides to dredge the Kaduna River as well as many other rivers within the country. Jamoh, who spoke on the side-line, noted that dredging Kaduna River would be as
[VIDEO] https://youtu.be/wHyDF1SvgmA British Naval ship, HMS Trent, and her embarked contingent of Royal Marines from 42 Commando, have arrived in Lagos as part of their three-month deployment to the Gulf of Guinea. Lagos is the first port that HMS Trent is visiting in the Gulf of Guinea, and the second port the ship has visited
In what is gradually becoming a national embarrassment, Nigeria has continued to lose an average of N300 billion ($600 million) yearly to neighbouring Ghana and other countries over inability to put its modular floating dock into use. In 2018, a N50 billion floating dock was acquired by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)
Ten days to the planned protest demanding for relocation of Floating Dockyard acquired by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to the Niger Delta region from Lagos where is been rotten, the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has issued a Certificate of Compliance for an outline Business Case (OBC) for operations of the
Three years after the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) spent taxpayers’ money to buy a multi-million dollar modular floating dock, is currently lying idle in Lagos, with the cost of maintenance estimated at about $30,000 daily. The dock which is said to be purpose-built for its approved location in Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said work will soon start on the Bonny Deep Seaport. Amaechi, in a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transport, Mr Eric Ojiekwe, disclosed this when he visited the proposed site for the project. The minister noted that in choosing the site, considerations
“The exercise nicknamed “Beni Kekere” meaning ‘Water Protection’ in Ijaw language aptly captures the primary responsibility of the NN, which is to protect Nigeria’s maritime environment against all threats. By Ebi Perekeme The Nigerian Navy, yesterday, said it has deployed more warships and helicopters to tackle maritime crime in the Eastern waters. The Flag Officer
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta has handed over MV Platform Care I vessel to its owner, Blut Logistics Limited. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the impounded vessel was released to the owner on Friday at the Naval Base, Warri, sequel to directives from the Naval headquarters. NAN also reports that the
By Our Correspondent The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh has assured that the agency would not allow its facilities at the NIMASA Science and Technology College NSTC, Okoloba to waste, but would rather convert them a campus of the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), Okerenko, Delta State.
By Ebi Perekeme Nigeria has produced the first West Africa female tugboat captain, Canus Ebinipre Robinson from Bayelsa State. She was trained on the Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboat under the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) floated by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). After her training in the Philippines, she was granted
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, Hadiza Usman to step aside from her role. Her suspension comes as the Ministry of Transportation, headed by Mr Rotimi Amaechi, sets up an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the NPA management. Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, an Executive Director at the NPA,
By Our Correspondent Mercury Maritime Concession Company (MMCC), has secured a provisional approval from the Federal Government through the Ministry of Transportation to construct $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC-1) in Delta State. The project will be home to eight other projects including a deep seaport, a free trade zone, a crude oil refinery and
…As NPA hands over shipyard to NIMASA for floating dock By Our Correspondent Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency (NIMASA) says the agency’s modular floating dock is in the process of being deployed. Jamoh disclosed this during a visit to Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman at the NPA
By Our Correspondent There Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has given reason for moving its multi million Floating Dockyard to the Continental Ship yard on Dockyard Road in Apapa, saying that the shipyard has all auxiliary engineering services provision to service the floating dock. Speaking to newsmen during a tour of the dock
By Our Correspondent The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has commenced the rehabilitation of Burutu port in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, as part of efforts to decongest the Lagos ports. The Managing Director of NIWA, Dr George Moghalu, made the disclosure while inspecting the ongoing reactivation work at the Burutu port. When
By Our Correspondent Mercury Maritime Concession Company Limited (MMCC) and Port of Antwerp are collaborating to build the proposed $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC), to boost economic and national development of the nation, particularly, Delta State. Speaking at a briefing in Lagos at the Sailing Club exhibition race 2021, the Chairman of MMCC,
Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, on Saturday celebrated the successful berthing of the largest container ship in Onne Port, Rivers state. See photos below… ALSO READ: NPA announces landmark arrival, berthing of biggest vessel at Onne port
By William Joshua The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, announced the berthing of the landmark arrival and berthing of the biggest gearless Maerskline vessel at Onne Ports. GbaramatuVoice gathered that, this is the first of its kind on Nigeria’s Port. The Maerskline Stardelhorn vessel, with a length overall of 300 metres, width of 48 metres was
