US lifts 12-year security restriction on ships from Nigerian ports

The United States Coast Guard, USCG, has removed the Condition of Entry, CoE, imposed connected vessels arriving successful the United States from Nigeria, bringing an extremity to a 12-year play of heightened information requirements for ships calling astatine Nigerian ports.

Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola announced the development, describing it arsenic a important accomplishment successful Nigeria’s efforts to amended maritime security, fortify larboard competitiveness and heighten its presumption wrong the planetary shipping industry.

The restriction, introduced connected June 25, 2014, required vessels heading to the United States that had visited designated Nigerian ports wrong their erstwhile 5 larboard calls to acquisition further information checks and enhanced measures earlier being allowed into US waters.

Oyetola attributed the removal of the regularisation to sustained efforts by the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, done the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), alongside different authorities institutions, larboard and terminal operators, shipping companies and maritime stakeholders.

He said the initiatives focused connected improving Nigeria’s maritime information architecture, closing identified gaps and ensuring that the country’s ports met internationally recognised information requirements.

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