Nigeria: Nimasa to Bar Carbon Emitting Ships From Nigerian Ports
Lagos — The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said it will stop vessels with high amount of sulphur in fuel that allow for emission of carbon monoxide into the air from calling at the nation's seaports.
The director-general of the agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who disclosed this, said the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) through Annex VI has put a cap to amount of sulphur and nitrogen dioxide emitted into the air and the amount of sulphur that is contained in the fuel ship used and emitted into the air.
Peterside spoke at a one day national stakeholders' forum on Marine Pollution (Marpol) Annex VI and other emerging issues on climate change in the Nigerian Maritime Sector held in Lagos, yesterday.
Sam Churchill