The Federal Government has inaugurated the governing boards of the Nigerian Ports Authority and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. Both boards were inaugurated at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Transportation in Abuja by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi stated that the...

The Federal Government has signed two contracts valued at $5.1bn with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation for the construction and modernisation of rail lines in different parts of the country. According to the Federal Ministry of Transportation, the two agreements are the Kano-Kaduna Segment...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the failure of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to connect to the National Single Window, a cross-government website for trade facilitation, is hindering the effective operation at the seaports. Amaechi made this declaration in Lagos at the...

The Federal Government has said it will restructure the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) in order to enable it perform optimally and bring about meaningful changes in the maritime sector. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, stated this when he received the Ministerial...

The Federal Government has said that it will overhaul the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency in order to bring about effective performance in the organisation. The government also stated that the Abuja-Kaduna rail project would be officially inaugurated on July 26, 2016. The Minister of...

The Federal Government has inaugurated a technical committee for the establishment of the Kaduna dry port with a view to de-congesting the country’s seaports. In March this year, the Federal Executive Council approved the establishment of inland container depots in the country and explained that...