The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has introduced new Seafarer’s Medical Certification Documents in compliance with extant requirements of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 and Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping (STCW) 1998 as amended. Presenting the documents to stakeholders in Lagos recently, the Acting Director General of NIMASA, Haruna Baba […]
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU) with Egypt, Australia, Bahamas, Vietnam, and Dominican Republic on the certification of its cadets. The agency also revealed that plans are in place to further sign deals with Singapore, Luxembourg and other European countries with a view to ensuring cadets […]
As part of efforts to ensure safer waterways, the federal government has deployed radar and more patrol boats to monitor Nigeria’s territorial waters. This development follows reports that some unscrupulous elements want to use the waterways to perpetrate crime ahead of the 2015 general elections. Nigeria’s apex maritime regulatory authority, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety […]
