{"id":17263,"date":"2024-01-30T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=17263"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:48:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:48:02","slug":"npa-to-ensure-transparency-as-fg-is-set-to-sanction-sulphur-regulations-defaulters-oyetola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/01\/30\/npa-to-ensure-transparency-as-fg-is-set-to-sanction-sulphur-regulations-defaulters-oyetola\/","title":{"rendered":"NPA to ensure transparency as FG is set to sanction sulphur regulations defaulters – Oyetola"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minister of Marime and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, says government will put in place sanctions for vessels that contravene sulphur regulations.<\/p>\n

Oyetola said this at the arrival ceremony of the largest container vessel tagged \u2018CMA CGM Scandola\u2019 powered with liquified natural gas at Lekki Port, on Monday, in Lagos.<\/p>\n

Oyetola represented by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, said government would procure the needed tools to enhance the capacity of the NPA for sulphur analysis.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo put action behind our word, we have taken concrete steps towards the procurement of the necessary tools to enhance NPA\u2019s capacity for sulphur analysis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have as well as put in place a sanction regime for vessels who contravene the sulphur regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will ensure we minimise air pollution created in the shipping industry by reducing the sulphur content of the fuels that ships use.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, transition to the use of natural gas which is more environmentally friendly by vessels plying our waterways, is a most welcome development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is driven by in the larger national interest due to the fact that Nigeria\u2019s gas quality is reputed to be high and virtually without sulphur,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to him, shipping has a pivotal role to play in the global decarbonisation efforts.<\/p>\n

He, however, commend the management of the NPA for its compliance with the ministerial directive to take cognizance of global energy transition in its port modernisation project.<\/p>\n

Oyetola said aside from the vessel\u2019s distinctive feature of eco-friendliness Scandola ranks amongst the largest container ships to be calling in West Africa with 15,000 twenty equivalent-units.<\/p>\n

He said with shipping volumes promising to get higher, forward looking investments such as the Scandola would certainly have a big impact in the long run.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to support the NPA in its efforts at ensuring stakeholders\u2019 compliance with the International Maritime Organisation sulphur regulation on Nigerian Waterways,\u201d Oyetola said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said that receiving such size of vessel called for celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a big feat, it\u2019s something that we need to roll out drums and get proud of, we\u2019re putting Lekki Deep Seaport, we\u2019re putting Lagos, we\u2019re putting Nigeria into the world\u2019s global logistics marine business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis is a business that has been a privilege to a few countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Also speaking, the Managing Director of Lekki Deep Seaport, Du Rougang, said the berthing of the vessel was creating a new plan for Nigeria\u2019s ports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to ensure that Lekki Port plays a major role in the nation\u2019s maritime industry,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Marime and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, says government will put in place sanctions for vessels that contravene sulphur regulations. Oyetola said this at the arrival ceremony of the largest container vessel tagged \u2018CMA CGM Scandola\u2019 powered with liquified natural gas at Lekki Port, on Monday, in Lagos. Oyetola represented by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":17274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17275,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17263\/revisions\/17275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}