Towards Maintaining Peacefulness of the Sea: Legal Regime Governing Maritime Safety and Security in Nigeria

Babatunde, Ekundayo O; Abdulsalam, Mutiat Mobolanle

doi:10.4236/blr.2021.122029

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“…Findings by MSP (2017) focusing on international and regional policy environment in the Gulf of Guinea showed that adoption of Sustainable Development Goals 16 focusing on peace, justice, strong institutions, and partnerships could ensure improved maritime security governance, which is similar to the recommended strategies in this study by implications. Similarly, a study by Babatunde and Abdulsalam (2021) focused on the development of international as well as municipal laws on maritime safety as well as security, which is related to the focus of this study. The findings by the authors showed that functional, legal, institutional and policy measures for tackling maritime insecurity in Nigeria would mitigate the challenge posed by maritime criminality in the country, which is largely related to the findings from this study.…”

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Impact of International Maritime Security Threats on Economic Development of Coastal Areas in Delta and Rivers States

Agbai,

Aliegba,

Muhammed

2023

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With pervasive international maritime security threats in the region, especially sea piracy and oil theft, Nigeria loses huge sums of money in export revenues and this reverberates on the wellbeing of residents of coastal areas whose major means of livelihood depends on the maritime sector. The purpose of this paper was to assess the impact of international maritime security threats on economic development in coastal areas of Delta and Rivers States with particular reference to unemployment and poverty levels in the areas. This paper is built around the structural conflict theory of Marxism paradigm at state-level of analysis, which is vital in the understanding of how international maritime security is related to the exploitative nature of the capitalist system, which enabled economically advanced countries to buy cheap stolen crude oil from coastal areas in Nigeria. The sample size of the study was 385 respondents drawn from a population of 9,925 people comprising of staff from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency in delta and Rivers States. The population of the study equally includes staff drawn from Togolese, Benin republic and Senegalese embassies Abuja as well as operators of shipping businesses, fishing groups and oil servicing firms in Warri, Port Harcourt, Oporoza and Bonny. Primary data were collected from close-ended and open-ended questionnaire and in-depth interview. Also, data were collected from secondary source. Data from questionnaire were analysed using simple percentages and absolute frequencies, while data from in-depth interview were analysed using narrative analytic technique. Data from secondary source were analysed using relational-content analysis. Findings showed that international maritime security threats in Nigeria maritime domain increases poverty and unemployment levels in coastal areas of Delta and Rivers States as well as transnational cooperation as well as collaboration are among the effective measures in combating negative impacts of international maritime security threats in Nigeria coastal waters on coastal areas in delta and Rivers States. Among other things, it was recommended that the federal government should urgently activate the use of relevant international instruments for combating sea piracy and oil theft in the coastal areas in Rivers and Delta States for enhanced economic development.

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Impact of International Maritime Security Threats on Economic Development of Coastal Areas in Delta and Rivers States

Agbai,

Aliegba,

Muhammed

2023

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Legal Evaluation of the Doctrine of General Average Loss: The Purpose in Modern Day Maritime Transaction

Udo

Nwachukwu

Aloamaka

2021

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The paper unravels the purpose of the doctrine of general average loss in modern day maritime transactions through a critical examination of relevant literature on the subject area. In the bid to achieve this objective, resort is made to adopting a theoretical and doctrinal methodology wherein relevant primary and secondary source materials were utilized. This includes a critical examination of relevant statutory provisions, case law and scholarly literature. The information obtained through these sources was subjected to a contextual and descriptive analysis. The paper finally reaches its findings by revealing that this age long concept has not lost its usefulness and is still relevant in modern day’s maritime transaction. It therefore recommends the protection of lives at sea and of maritime property is of paramount importance and must be encouraged by courts without such encouragements the maritime industry could be one so fraught with dangers and risk that few, if any, would reasonable engage in such day-to-day commercial transactions.

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Towards Maintaining Peacefulness of the Sea: Legal Regime Governing Maritime Safety and Security in Nigeria

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Impact of International Maritime Security Threats on Economic Development of Coastal Areas in Delta and Rivers States

Impact of International Maritime Security Threats on Economic Development of Coastal Areas in Delta and Rivers States

Legal Evaluation of the Doctrine of General Average Loss: The Purpose in Modern Day Maritime Transaction

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