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:

Members of the press, the Liberia Maritime Authority regrets to inform the press and the general public that on July 17, 2021 at 1551hrs it received an alert from the Liberia Coast Guard through its Monrovia Regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Center informing about a distress situation onboard NIKO IVANKA, a locally registered vessel trading between the Ports of Monrovia and Harper own and operated by HYLAEA INC.

Monrovia, Liberia - Despite the avalanche of Covid-19 and the advent of the new variant- Delta virus that are taking the world by storm, supply chains and global commerce remain intact. Thanks to the bravery of Seafarers who are the real anchors behind the smooth operations of marine transportation. We can not thank them enough for these heroic contributions as Liberia joins other Maritime nations to observe the Day of the Seafarer on June 25, 2021.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Liberia Maritime Authority informs the public, including maritime stakeholders, that the recent arrival of the Italian Frigate—RIZZO - at the Freeport of Monrovia was part of a maritime collaboration involving LiMA, the Armed Forces of Liberia and the Italian Navy.

The Declaration demands the protection of seafarers in the Gulf of Guinea as well as greater international cooperation in combatting piracy activity. Monrovia, Liberia  – As part of a global coalition of maritime stakeholders, the Liberian Registry has proudly signed on as a signatory to the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on the Suppression of Piracy.