Ships & Ports August 2022 magazine

1. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2022 www.shipsandports.com.ng Special Edition
Princess Vicky Haastrup
Nigeria’s Maritime Amazon Adds Another Year

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Nigeria’s Maritime Amazon Adds Another Year
Princess Haastrup (le ) performing her du es as the President, Cer fied Ins tute of
ShippingofNigeria(CISN).
Prince and Princess Haastrup.
L-R: Deputy Secretary General, Mari me Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade
Oniha Odigie; Princess Vicky Haastrup; MWUN President-General, Comrade Adewale
Adeyanju and the Managing Director of ENL Consor um, Mr. Mark Walsh, during the
presenta onoftheMWUNAwardofHonourtoHaastrupinJune.
PUBLISHER/
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Dr. Bolaji Akinola, PhD
CORRESPONDENTS
Jite Eriabie
Tosin Aribisala
CONTRIBUTORS
Oluwatoyin Amao
Enyeribe Anyanwu
WEB MASTER
Muyiwa Sonuyi
ADMINISTRATION
Oluwatosin Rotimi
Folasade Adedokun
Aminat Abdulkareem
DESIGN/GRAPHICS
Oluwaseun Mosaku
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The journey to success in
the business world is
certainly no tea party,
especially for women who face
cultural bias, non-inclusion
and several other obstacles
in corporate environments.
Some people wrongly
assume that women, especially
good-looking and attractive
women, lack the brainpower to
lead successful companies.
Such stereotypes and warped
notions couldn’t be more
wrong, and Princess (Dr.)
Victoria Ayodele Haastrup, a
h i g h l y r e s p e c t e d a n d
globally acclaimed maritime
C E O, e d u c a t i o n i s t a n d
advocate for women and the
downtrodden, is definitely in
the forefront of changing the
narrative for good.
An epitome of beauty with
brains, Princess Vicky Haastrup
– as her friends and numerous
admirers fondly call her – is a
household name in the maritime
industry. She is the Chairman,
Seaport Terminal Operators
Association of Nigeria (STOAN),
and Co-founder of one of
Nigeria’s largest port terminal
o p e ra t i n g c o m p a ny, E N L
Consortium,where she serves as
ExecutiveVice Chairman/CEO.
A hard working, passionate,
compassionate and pragmatic
leader, Princess Haastrup also
serves as the President of the
Certified Institute of Shipping of
Nigeria (CISN) and as a Trustee
of some professional maritime
women groups including the
Wo m e n i n L o g i s t i c s a n d
Transport(WILAT).
Having developed a rare
knack for managing people and
resources, Princess Haastrup
has made remarkable impact in
the seaport especially in
terminal operation, among
dockworkers, professional
women in maritime groups, and
in maritime education, among
others.
With the courage and
boldness of a lioness, Princess
Haastrup has successfully
confronted the daunting task of
running one of the most strategic
terminals at the Lagos Port
Complex Apapa in a male-
dominated milieu.
Fo r h e r s u c c e s s a n d
achievements, she has been
bestowed with several awards
including the Maritime Woman
of theYear Award for many years
running. Just last year, she was
nominated for the 2021 Lagos
State Man of theYear award – the
first and only woman in the
history of the state to be so
nominated.
H e r c o m p a n y , E N L
Consortium has also been
recognised both at home and
abroad as one of the best seaport
terminal operating companies in
the world. A few years ago, ENL
Consortium made Nigeria proud
on the global stage when it won
the Port & Container Terminal
Development Award in the
prestigious Seatrade Awards
held in Dubai, UAE. It was the
first time any Nigerian company
would win the Seatrade award.
H o s t e d by i n t e r n a t i o n a l
broadcaster, Stephen Marney,
with a guest personality
appearance from Formula 1
world champion,Damon Hill,the
Seatrade Awards are widely
recognised as the maritime
Oscars for Africa and the Middle
East.
Widely reputed for her
intellectualism, hard work,
philanthropy and support for
women and the downtrodden,
P r i n c e s s V i c ky H a a s t r u p
certainly stands out among
women.
We are therefore honoured
to join her family, friends,
colleagues and associates to
honour her on the occasion of
her birthday today August 16,
2022.It’s the least we could do to
recognise her tremendous
contribution to the growth and
development of the maritime
industry.
Bolaji Akinola, PhD
Publisher

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“Part of his responsibility is to
draw out preventive maintenance
programmes for the ports under
his jurisdiction every year,take it
to the headquar ters f or
consideration and approval,
and that forms part of the
forthcoming budget.
“ I f y o u c a r r y o u t
Transport Minister gives NPA 45 days to renew port concession agreements
NEWS
preventive maintenance, you
would avoid a lot of these
deterioration that is taking
place, this is the truth. The
sooner we accept it, the
better,”he said.
Sambo said if the country
ge t s i t s a c t s r i g h t , t h e
m a r i t i m e i n d u s t r y “ c a n
replace the revenue from the
oil industry”.
“ I p e r s o n a l l y a t t a c h
importance to the maritime
industry. There are billions of
dollars that can be earned
from the maritime industry if
we get our acts right,” he
said.
L-R: Minister of Transporta on, Muazu Sambo;Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transporta on (FMOT), MagdaleneAjani;
Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko and the Execu ve Director, Marine & Opera ons of
NPA,OnariBrownwhentheMinistervisitedLagosportsonFriday.
Th e M i n i s t e r o f
Transportation, Mua'zu
Sambo, on Friday visited
the Apapa and Tin Can Island
ports in Lagos, and ordered the
NigerianPortsAuthority(NPA)to
ensure it concludes the process
of renewal expired port
concession agreements within
the next45days.
The visit was the Minister's
first since assumption of office in
July.
He said he was visiting “the
maritime headquarters of
Nigeria”to inspect the ports and
related infrastructures “which
are supposed to support
maritimeactivities”.
He was accompanied on the
visit by the Permanent Secretary,
F e d e r a l M i n i s t r y o f
T ra n s p o r t a t i o n ( F M O T ) ,
Magdalene Ajani, the Director
General, Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety
Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir
Jamoh and the Managing
Director of NPA, Mohammed
Bello-Koko,among other senior
government officials.
W h i l e s p e a k i n g w i t h
journalists, the Minister assured
that expired concession
agreementsattheportswouldbe
renewedwith45days.
He said,“We are not going to
wait for six months to renew the
agreement. I do not have six
months. I would make sure that
the concessions are renewed in
the next 45 days.
The Minister also assured
that he would accord priority
attention to the reconstruction of
thedilapidatedquayapronatthe
TinCanIsland port.
“ I h a v e a d v i s e d t h e
management of NPA, in the past:
t h e r e i s w h a t w e c a l l
programmed preventive
maintenance. This is why at
ever y por t, w e h a v e a n
engineering outfit headed by
the Chief Port Engineer.

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