Maritime Book Sales
Prices:
Hard cover N15,000.00 per copy
Soft cover N10,000.00 per copy
Electronic format/E-book N10,000.00
Home/Office delivery N10,000.00
Online payments: Zenith Bank, Acorn Media Services Ltd, 1011172283.
Contact (WhatsApp): +234 803 337 8735; editor@ddhmag.com
Outlets
Abuja:
Good Day Bookshop, UTC Market, Area 10, Abuja. +234 809 696 7741, +234 803 314 1535.
Genesis Bookshop, UTC Market, Area 10, Abuja. +234 915 152 8339.
Lagos: UNILAG Bookshop Yaba; UNILAG Faculty of Arts Book Sellers; CSS Bookshop Marina Lagos.
Port Harcourt:
Tarfel Nigeria Limited 56, Iwofe Road, Port Harcourt Rivers State, Nigeria. +234 803 336 4764, +234 802 084 8138
The advocacy for indigenous carriers to resume the carriage of cargoes as provided by Sections 35-38 of the NIMASA Act 2007 (as amended) will be boosted by the Maritime Book Launch. Champions and advocates of the cause will be given awards to orchestrate the national resolve for rebuilding cargo-carrying capacity for international trade by Nigerian sea traders.
Resuming Indigenous Cargo-Carrying Capacity
The event will boost the new advocacy to implement Sections 35-38 of the NIMASA Act 2007 (as amended) which provides that indigenous carriers should carry Federal, State, and Local Government cargoes generated by public sector contracts involving international trade. Thus, this is separate and additional to the business opportunities of the Cabotage Law of 2004.
Implementing Sections 35-38 of the NIMASA law which involves the carriage of imported fertilizers, pipes and rods, machinery, project cargoes, oil and gas-related cargoes, and break-bulk general cargoes, will bring back some of the annual freight costs (estimated at US$9.1 billion) now earned exclusively by foreign carriers. It will also enable Nigeria to offer sea-time experience to her nautical and marine engineering cadets, get more indigenous carriers busy and experienced in international shipping activities instead of lying idle and comatose, increase marine insurance activities, and regain national prestige for the country instead of being derided by other maritime nations for being lacklustre and weak.
It is accepted internationally for maritime cargoes to be carried with chartered ships: bare-boat, short-term, or long-term charter. Hence, we project that Nigerian indigenous carriers prequalified by NIMASA to carry Nigerian cargo shall charter ships from the international market during the first five (5) years of their carriage license or show Technical Partnership Agreements (MoU) with ship-owning foreign carriers. The Book Launch and Advocacy Awards are meant to orchestrate this campaign and put the National Assembly, The Presidency, the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy as well as NIMASA on notice to reactivate the law and take all necessary steps towards empowering indigenous operators.
Contact details: +234 803 337 8735 / editor@ddhmag.com