The Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria (MAAN) has emphasised the importance of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the promotion and sustainability of effective and efficient business relationships between Federal Government agencies, port users, cargo and ship owners in the country's maritime sector.
First Female President Of The Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA), Mrs Funke Agbor SAN, Elected
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Mrs Funke Agbor SAN has been elected President of the Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA). She is the first female president of the association.
Other officers elected at the end of the body’s Special General Meeting held on Thursday 8 April 2021 were Mike Igbokwe SAN as the 1st Vice President; Olumide Sofowora SAN as 2nd Vice President; and Emeka Akabogu as Honorary Secretary.
Others are Nneka Obianyor (Assistant Secretary); Oritsematosan Edodo-Emore (Treasurer); Oluseyi Adejuyigbe (Financial Secretary) and Adedoyin Afun (Publicity Secretary).
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Nigeria’s shipping industry declines
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By Godwin Oritse
LESS than two weeks to the end of the year, there are indications that Nigeria’s shipping industry may have declined as registered vessels dropped to 412 with 524,978.58 tonnage in 2020 as against 607 with 1,278,041.75 tonnage registered in 2019.
Meanwhile, the World Merchant Shipping Fleet has ranked Nigeria in 48th position in its 2019 report, having contributed a mere 1.6 million tonnage to the global shipping trade.
Disclosing these at the 2020 virtual annual lecture of the Nigerian Maritime Law Association, NMLA, in Lagos, Nigeria’s Registrar of Shipping, Mrs. Nneka Obianyor, in her paper entitled “Imperative of automation of the Nigerian Ship Registry and fleet development,” described the nation’s contribution as insignificant with Africa making less than one percent contribution to global shipping trade.