NIMASA restates commitment to maritime directives

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), has reaffirmed its commitment to the implementation of all the instruments of the International Maritime Organisation, (IMO), to which Nigeria was a party, for the continuous development of the maritime industry.

The agency has therefore developed a programme of action to keep its personnel abreast with the provisions of the IMO instruments and to encourage regular interface with other member states.

Head of Public Affairs of the Agency, Hajiya Lamin Tumaka, in a statement said it was in line with this objective that NIMASA was part of the Nigerian delegation to the IMO for the Sub Committee meeting of the Implementation of the Instruments III which held its third session at the IMO Headquarters that ended recently.

The meeting which was attended by delegates from Member States established four working groups in order to deepen discussions and encourage robust and technical inputs with each group forwarding its report to the plenary for consideration.

The four Working Groups were that of analysis of marine safety investigation reports and harmonization of Port State Control (PSC) activities and analysis of PSC data, consolidated audit summary reports; and the working group on survey guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC) and nonexhaustive list of obligations under instruments relevant to the IMO implementation Code.