Monday 9 March 2015

OFFSHORE PLATFORMS: NIGERIANS MUST BE GIVEN FIRST REFUSAL RIGHT - NIMASA

Patrick Akpoblokemi, NIMASA DGFrancis Ezem The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA has warned that Nigerian ship owners must be given the right of first refusal in the deployment, crewing and manning of platforms and other crafts used in offshore operations under the Coastal and Inland Shipping Cabotage Act 2003.

Executive Director of the agency in charge of Maritime Labor and Cabotage Services, Mr. Callistus Obi-Nwabueze, who gave the warning at the weekend, spoke during a one-day sensitisation seminar on the implementation of the agency’s statutory mandate on offshore operations it organised in respect of Maritime Labour and Cabotage organised by the agency for the executive management and key offi cers of oil and gas companies, offshore and marginal field operators and other relevant stakeholders.

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