{"id":1354,"date":"2025-11-12T23:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2025-11-12T23:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:21:18","slug":"nimasa-boss-advocates-effective-port-state-control-for-safer-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/?p=1354","title":{"rendered":"NIMASA Boss Advocates Effective Port State Control For Safer Shipping\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dayo Mobereola, highlighted that robust Port State Control (PSC) is a critical tool for enhancing maritime safety and safeguarding the environment. He made this remark during a five-day \u201cTrain-the-Trainer\u201d workshop on PSC under the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), held for member states in West and Central Africa and supported by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). <a href=\"https:\/\/leadership.ng\/port-state-control-crucial-to-global-shipping-safety-maritime-agency\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leadership News+1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mobereola, represented at the event by the Executive Director of Operations, Engr. Fatai Taiye Adeyemi, said the workshop underscored Africa\u2019s collective commitment to safer, cleaner, and more efficient shipping. He emphasised that the success of PSC depends largely on the competence of the professionals responsible for its implementation. <a href=\"https:\/\/leadership.ng\/port-state-control-crucial-to-global-shipping-safety-maritime-agency\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leadership News+1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his remarks, the IMO\u2019s representative, Captain Ahmed Sewelam, reiterated that effective regional cooperation and consistent PSC practices are essential in eliminating substandard shipping and promoting harmonised maritime safety standards globally. <a href=\"https:\/\/leadership.ng\/port-state-control-crucial-to-global-shipping-safety-maritime-agency\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leadership News+1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the Abuja MoU, Captain Sunday Umoren, stressed that strengthening Flag State oversight is vital because the standard of PSC operations reflects the robustness of national systems. He advocated continuous capacity-building, enhanced cooperation, and the sharing of best practices across the region. <a href=\"https:\/\/leadership.ng\/port-state-control-crucial-to-global-shipping-safety-maritime-agency\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leadership News+1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop, held in Lagos, brought together delegates from 22 countries across West and Central Africa and served as another milestone in NIMASA\u2019s drive to enhance maritime safety, promote environmental protection, and assert Nigeria\u2019s leadership in regional maritime governance. <a href=\"https:\/\/leadership.ng\/port-state-control-crucial-to-global-shipping-safety-maritime-agency\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leadership News+1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Flagship News (\u201cNIMASA boss advocates effective port state control for safer shipping\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dayo Mobereola, highlighted that robust Port State Control (PSC) is a critical tool for enhancing maritime safety and safeguarding the environment. He made this remark during a five-day \u201cTrain-the-Trainer\u201d workshop on PSC under the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), held for member states&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1356,"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions\/1356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1354"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seaempowerment.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=1354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}