Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has begun clampdown on foreign vessels that fail to comply with the provisions of the Cabotage Compliance Strategy introduced last year to ease the implementation of the Cabotage Act 2003 in Nigeria. The agency yesterday ordered detention of a tanker, Mt Navigator Capricorn, a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier, for contravening sections of the Act. “Our laws forbid foreign vessels operating in our territorial waters save for compliance with the Cabotage Act. It is noteworthy that owners made undertaking to remedy the notable infractions when the vessel was issued a detention warning in October 2018,” he stated. NIMASA had in August 2018 introduced a new compliance strategy to ensure full implementation of the Cabotage Act, 2003 to secure jobs for qualified Nigerians in the maritime sector.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2019 04:18 UTC