Monrovia, Liberia - The Day of the Seafarer, a special day earmarked by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as a day to celebrate and honor all seafarers and let the world know how indispensable they are to world trade and international growth and development.
Accra, Ghana - iberia’s Maritime Commissioner Eugene Lenn Nagbehas called on West African nations to continuously lend support to the Regional Maritime University in order to produce well-trained personnel for the industry. The Commissioner challenged the senior management team at the school to be more "aggressive and innovative" in confronting the travails of the institution.
(COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Maritime Commissioner Lenn Eugene Nagbe has said that Liberia will not remain on the periphery of international maritime organizations "where matters of the industry are being decided". Given Liberia's crucial role as leading maritime nation, he said, there is a need for the country to have a seat at the table of the global players.
The Liberia Maritime Authority activated its rescue mechanism having received distress alert from a locally registered vessel that had gone aground off the shores of Sophie Community in Congo Town.
Monrovia, Liberia - The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), as Designated Authority, has issued an administrative regulation to reinvigorate the implementation of the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL-Convention) at all seaports in Liberia. The notice was issued on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.
Monrovia, Liberia - The Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Liberia Maritime Authority, Eugene Lenn Nagbe has restated his commitment to ensure that Liberians are adequately trained in order to compete in the maritime labor market commensurate with Liberia’s status as the second largest shipping registry in the world.
Monrovia, Liberia - The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, has appointed Madam Edwina M. Collins as Deputy Commissioner for International Vessel Registration at the Liberia Maritime Authority.
London: Maritime Commissioner Eugene Lenn Nagbe has called for reforms to the organizational and operational structures of International Maritime Organization (IMO) in order to reflect the significant roles played by Liberia and other major maritime nations at the IMO.
By Gola Traub
Telling a long, serpentine but successful story in an abridged form tends to prove challenging, intimidating, if not plainly impossible. This piece, however, attempts to do just that – narrate Liberia’s maritime story in a truncated form – a brief history that covers the evolution of the Liberia Open Registry from 1948 to 2011. (2012 up to 2019 – and the “best way forward” will be tackled in the next edition of the Marine Monitor.)
Monrovia, Liberia : The multi-agency Incident Management Center (IMC) wishes to provide the following updates on the Recovery Phase of missing persons from the NIKO IVANKA Distress Incident: