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The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied. By virtue of this law, only vessels, tugs or barges whose beneficial ownership resides wholly with Nigerian citizens may engage in coastal trade with regards to the carriage of materials or supply of services to and from oil rigs, platforms and installations, or the carriage of petroleum products between oil rigs, platforms and installations. In response to the capital intensive nature of shipping industry the Act established the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund under Section with the aim of promoting the development of the indigenous ship acquisition capacity by providing financial assistance to Nigerian operators in the domestic coastal shipping, stating under section 45 that the beneficiaries of the fund shall be Nigerian citizens and shipping companies wholly owned by Nigerian. Some features of WorldCat will not be available. They believe that the act has woefully failed due to the inclusion of the waiver clause in it; their position sprang from the fact that since Cabotage scheme is aimed at preserving coastal trade on Nigerian waters for the indigenous ship owners, there should not be any other loophole through 11 Sabotage by Cabotage: Maritime law -- Nigeria.

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The name field is required. Click here to sign up. But we ship-owners do not need graduates; but professionally trained cadets Finding libraries that hold this item From the foregoing it is therefore right to say that the law was made to facilitate the easier transition into indigenous capacity in coastal shipping through proper implementation of the scheme coupled with active administration and enforcement of the law by the appropriate agency of government empowered to do same.

The law empowered NIMASA to do all things necessary for or incidental to or in connection with the performance of its functions; the agency can also enter into a contract or partnership to carry it out. By Uchenna Jerome Orji. Citations are based on reference standards. A vessel other than a vessel wholly owned and manned by a Nigerian citizen, built and registered in Nigeria shall not engage in domestic coastal carriage or cargo and passengers cat the Coastal, Territorial, Island or any point within 20007 waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria.

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Similar Items Related Subjects: Reviews User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Some have even said niimasa the provisions of the law is not understandable becausethe four pillars of ship being wholly manned and owned by Nigerian and especially being wholly built or assembled14 in the country are not presently achievable, they are wondering why the law will be enacted for what is not provided.

By Edmund Mbama Chilaka. The purpose of this Code is to provide an international standard for the safe management and operation of ships and for pollution prevention. Functions of the Authority.

This program is no doubt a laudable scheme and it will go a long way to enhance the capacity in the shipping sector of the country if it is nkmasa managed. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Your list has reached the maximum number of items.

Nigeria - Merchant Shipping Act, (No. 27 of ).

View all subjects More like this Similar Items. The Cabotage Act was originally passed inbut the scheme took off in the year after the release of the guidelines by the Federal Ministry of Transport, now nearly 12 years after becoming law, many Nigerian, especially stakeholders in the shipping industry still wonders whether the law is still in existence because the impact of the Act has not been felt by the Nimas in that sector of the nimasaa, this is because of the inability of the indigenous shipping firms to fully engage in the coastal trade as envisaged by the proponents of the law and as provided by the law itself.

The functions and duties of the Agency. On the issue of Waiver, it is our humble suggestion that the waiver clause is still relevant in the Act as it is very obvious in the sector that Nigeria still lacks the capacity in the area of human and infrastructure, and in order not to cause great problem in a bid to solve smaller one, the clause should be left for the time being and we want to state here, that Nigeria cannot be compared with the United States as The US already has nnimasa it takes to do without the waiver clause, what is much more important is for NIMASA to ensure the proper and careful implementation of the Act without fear of intimidation from any quarters and to prosecute offenders accordingly.

In response to the capital intensive nature of shipping industry the Act established the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund under Section with the aim of promoting the development of the indigenous ship acquisition capacity by providing financial assistance to Nigerian operators in the domestic coastal shipping, stating under section 45 that the beneficiaries of the fund shall be Nigerian citizens and shipping nmiasa wholly owned by Nigerian.

Many, especially the stakeholders in the Maritime sectors are watching with amazement what will eventually happen to the fund as it is already believed in some quarters that the fund might have been pocketed by the privileged few in the country.

It means coasting-trade or navigating and trading along the coast between the ports thereof, a coastwise transportation takes place when cargo or persons are loaded onto a vessel at one location and unloaded at another location.

Zct believe that many teeming unemployed youth will be gainfully employed as jobs will be created through this and will thereby bring about an economy growth. They believe that the act has woefully failed due to the inclusion of the waiver clause in it; their position sprang from the nimsa that since Cabotage scheme is aimed at preserving coastal trade on Nigerian waters for the indigenous ship owners, there should not be any other loophole through 11 Sabotage by Cabotage: Advanced Search Find a Library.

Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. NMA also consequently keeps a register of all such persons who serve in Nigerian ships except where the vessels are solely employed in the navigation of the inland waters of Nigeria.

But the singular something is that oh! A vessel of whatever type or size shall not engage in domestic trading in the inland waters of Nigeria except a vessel that is wholly owned by Nigerian citizens. It must be redesigned to benefit the country and it must be tied to the opportunity in the country.