The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has imposed conditions of entry on ships that have visited some port terminals in Nigeria in their last five port calls over lapses in the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code), SHIPS & PORTS authoritatively reports. 

Other countries sanctioned by the USCG over infractions in the ISPS Code implementation include Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Micronesia, Nauru, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Syria, Timor-Leste, Venezuela, and Yemen.   

On May 8, 2018, SHIPS & PORTS had reported exclusively that no fewer than nine ships were robbed at berths in various port terminals across the country between March and April 2018, even as stakeholders accused the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), which is the Designated Authority (DA) for implementation of the ISPS Code in Nigeria, of taking little or no action to curtail the attacks. 

In an official statement it issued yesterday and which was exclusively obtained by SHIPS & PORTS, the U.S. Coast Guard said the conditions of entry, which will come into effect on April 12, 2019, are intended to protect the United States from vessels arriving from countries that have been found to have deficient anti-terrorism port measures in place. 

According to the Coast Guard, “The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) has mandated that the United States Coast Guard evaluate the effectiveness of anti-terrorism measures in foreign ports and provides for the imposition of conditions of entry on vessels arriving to the United States from countries that do not maintain effective anti-terrorism measures.”

The Coast Guard’s sanctions on Nigerian ports, however, exempts 20 terminals, which are fully compliant with the provisions of the ISPS Code. They are Apapa Bulk Terminals, APM Terminals Apapa, Bert Operation Platform (BOP Jetty), Bonny River Terminal, ENL Consortium Terminals, Escravos BOP, Federal Lighter Terminal Onne, Federal Ocean Terminal Onne, Five Star Logistics, FSO Yoho, Greenview Terminal and Intels Nigeria Limited Terminal.

Other compliant terminals include LPG FSO, MRS Oil Gas Jetty, Nigerdock Jetty, Port & Cargo, PTML Terminal, Shell Bonny Oil & Gas Terminal, Shell Export Terminal Forcadoes, Shoreline Logistics Jetty and the Tincan Island Container Terminal.

The Coast Guard stated that all vessels arriving to the United States that visited the listed countries during their last five port calls must take certain actions while in the countries as a condition of entry into U.S. ports. 

Source: http://shipsandports.com.ng/exclusive-u-s-sanctions-nigeria-17-others-port-security-lapses/

Great
Good to know
We can comply easily
Sai Trump!

 Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), which is the Designated Authority (DA) for implementation of the ISPS Code in Nigeria, of taking little or no action to curtail the attacks. 

The country needs to start taking piracy and sea robbery seriously. Robbers boarding berthing ships isnt unheard of.

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