The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and Maritime and Ports Authority (MPA) of Singapore are seeking areas of collaboration at the sidelines of the Maritime Regulators Forum in Singapore.
NIMASA’s Director-General Dr. Dakuku Peterside met with his MPA counterpart, Mr. Andrew Tan, pledging to collaborate.
Dr. Peterside told Tan that investors from Singapore should take advantage of reforms in Nigeria’s maritime sector.
A statement from NIMASA said Peterside requested partnership with Singapore on technology acquisition in monitoring waterways, training, maritime infrastructure and acquisition of ocean-going vessels.
He assured Singaporean investors and others of NIMASA’s commitment to enforce IMO instruments.
Tan, who described Nigeria as the destination for future maritime investments, regretted that there was no institutional relationship between Nigeria and Singapore, with Singapore as the second busiest and first trans-shipment port in the world and Nigeria, a major maritime hub in West and Central Africa.
The MPA chief said Nigeria would benefit from Singapore’s well-developed and excess maritime capacity while Singapore would tap from Nigeria’s huge market.
Peterside, who is in Singapore at the invitation of MPA, will address the Forum of Maritime Regulators on “Indispensible Shipping: Meeting the Regulatory Requirements” at the Singapore Maritime Week tomorrow.