ISPS CODE: Uncertainty Over Fate Of 58 Terminals, Jetties

After several extension of implementation deadlines, the Nigerian Maritime Adminisrtation and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that it would commence a massive clampdon on port and terminal facilities that rna foul of International Ships and Port facility Code (ISPS) with effect from yesterday (Sunday).
The NIMASA, which assumed the status of Designated Authourity (DA) fir the ISPS Code implementation in Nigeria on May 21, 2013 have been battling with the challenge of enforcing total compliance.
The delayed action apparently instigated the United States Coast Guard to issue a diplomatic note in which it declared that many facilities in Nigeria fell short of basic ISPS Code requirements.
Specifically,Shipping Position Daily recalls that the United States placed Nigeria on the Port Security Advisory, even as it acknowledged that 22 port facilities in Nigeria are fully ISPS Code compliant. Accordingly, Conditions of Entry (COE) were imposed on vessels originating or calling from non-compliant ports in Nigeria which will be subjected to further security checks before being allowed into the United States of America.
However, the US Coast Guard, through the United States Embassy, had in the same diplomatic note, acknowledged that although Nigeria might be facing significant difficulty in instituting the needed security measures, the progress Nigeria had made, so far, was well noted and the clear delineation of NIMASA as the Designated Authority was a positive step.
The US government had acknowledged the efforts of the agency in raising the security levels of ships and port facilities in Nigeria and assured of its commitment to continue to partner with Nigeria to improve security measures.
The anxiety petered out, when the US explained that, “the COE is not trade sanction and does not ban Nigerian ships from entering US Ports”.
This reportedly gave NIMASA ample time to ginger the facilities owners’ to put necessary measures in place, but our correspondents found out last week that many of the facility owners have not met the requirements.
This made NIMASA to issue a recent ‘Marine Notice’ in which it gave ship owners, shipping companies, terminal and jetty operators, port facility owners, International Oil Companies until September 6, 2014 to fully comply or face clampdown.
NIMASA, in the Notice, acknowledged that “deadline were issued and severally extended on account of non-compliance
Shipping Position Daily had, some weeks ago obtained a final list of terminals that are non-compliant, and it shows that several oil jetties and facilities were not yet classified safe. The list included 58 Oil jetties and terminals.
According to the US Coast Guard, the unsecured jetties scattered across the country allegedly include: 58 jetties in Lagos which are: NigerDock jetty, Intercontinental Fishing Jetty, Allison Fisheries Jetty, Ocean Fisheries, Dantata Jetty, Standard Flour Jetty, all in Tin Can; Lister Flour Jetty, Osadjere Fishing Jetty, Eurafic oil Jetty, Seagold Fishing Jetty, Ibru Jetty, Port & Marine Service Jetty, Nido Gas Jetty, Atlas Cove Jetty, Nispan Jetty (Folawiyo Energy), Petroleum Wharf Apapa (PWA) jetty, New Oil Jetty (NOJ), Fishery Wharf(Waziri Jetty) and Bulk Oil Plant (BOP) jetty, all in Apapa.

In Ibafon, it had Julius Berger jetty, Single Bouy Mooring (SBM) jetty, Emsee jetty, and Contrans jetty. There are also Adsejere Jetty, Ijora Coal Wharf Jetty, Bakare Adewale Jetty and Tilla Fisheries Jetty. In Ajah, there is another Julius Berger jetty there. Along Ojo creeks, there is Dolphin Fisheries Jetty and Dee Jones Jetty.

Along the Novo creek, there is Obat Jetty and Commodore Pool jetty while Paradise Jetty is along the Five Cowrie Creek. Moving outside Lagos coast, Nigeria has 36 jetties in Port Harcourt. They are Willbros Jetty in Choba, Tidex Jetty in Ogbogoro, Ajip Jetty in lwofe, Nissco Jetty, Grinkar Jetty, Adamac Jetty, Kent Resources Jetty, Haastrup/Eagle Bulk Cement Jetty, Nepturn Jetty and Saipem Jetty all in Rumuolumeni.

There are jetties in Onne namely: Adamac Jetty, Wad Jetty, Starx Jetty, Wact Jetty, Dangote Jetty, and Atlas Cement Jetty. In Bonny, we have Mof Jetty, Tskj Jetty, Shell Slot jetty and Brt jetty.

In Warri, Delta State, there are 25 jetties namely: Daewoo Jetty, Chevron/Taxaco Jetty, DBN Jetty, Elf Jetty, Shell PDC Jetty, Globes Star Jetty, NWDM Jetty, Tidex Jetty, IWD Jetty, Shoreline jetty, Hercules OFFSHORE Hall Jetty, Hyundai Jetty, Seatruck Jetty, Futeb Jetty, Olowo Jetty, Ocan Jetty, Dufan Jetty, Four STAR Marine Jetty, B J Services Jetty, NBTC Jetty, DSC Jetty, Acro jetty, and NAOC Jetty. In Calabar, there are five jetties namely MC Iver Jetty, Calcemo Jetty, Addax Jetty, NNPC Jetty and QIT Jetty in Eket.
Our correspondents confirmed that, the imminent clampdown may not necessarily affect conventional terminals as most of them had already passed the test
The US Coast Guard had given a clean bill of health to 22 compliant port facilities as. They are: Apapa Bulk Terminal with IMO port number NGAPP-0009, Moller Terminal NGAPP-0001, Greenview Terminal NGAPP-0004, Bonny Rivers Terminal NGBON-0001, NLNG Bonny Terminal NGBON-0002, SPDC Bonny Offshore Terminal NG663-001, CBQ FSO YOHO (Exxon Mobile) NG638–0001, CBQ Logistics Base NGCBQ–0001, CBQ McIver Wharf NGCBQ–0004, CBQ Port Terminal A NGCBQ–0002, CBQ QIT BOP NGOBO–0001, ESC Escra BOP NGESC–0001, ESC LPG–FSO NGESC–0003, Forcados Offshore Terminal NGFOR–0001, ONN FLT NGONN–0005, ONN FOT NGONN–0006.

At the Tin Can Island port, the US Coast Guard cleared: Dantata MRS Terminal with IMO Port No NGTIN–0003, Five Star Logistics NGTIN–0013, Port & Cargo Handling Terminal C NGTIN–0011, PTML Terminal E NGTIN–0010, Snake Island Integrated Free Zone NGTIN–0001, and the Tincan Island Container Terminal B with IMO Port No.NGTIN–0009.

It could not be ascertained at NIMASA by the weekend if any of the 52 facilities had been cleared.