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Maritime women urge NIMASA to create gender desk for female seafarers
Women associations in Marine and Blue Economy have urged the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to create a gender desk to ensure job availability for female seafarers. The maritime women made the appeal at the Lagos International Maritime Week and the 9th International Maritime Business-to-Business Conference and Exhibition held in Lagos from Sept. 10 to Sept. 12. The…
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NIMASA set to replace foreign seafarers onboard ships to indigenous
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it plans to replace foreign seafarers operating within Nigeria’s cabotage waters with indigenous seafarers. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Dayo Mobereola, made this disclosure on Tuesday during the 2024 Seafarers Day celebration in Lagos. Mobereola said that this would be through the introduction of the New Cabotage Compliance Strategy on Manning.…
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COVID-19: Dockworkers, Seafarers exempted from travel restrictions – NIMASA
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA] has made a case for dockworkers and seafarers, insisting that they are essential workers and should exempted from the lockdown. The agency said the provision is in line with its newly endorsed protocols by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) designed to lift barriers to crew changes, amid the coronavirus…
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COVID-19: NIMASA extends Certificate Validity for Seafarers
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has extended the validity of Statutory and Trading certificates for all Nigerian Registered vessels. These include Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) certificates for seafarers issued by the Agency. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who made this known at the Agency’s head office in Lagos, said NIMASA remained committed to…
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