Over the years, water transportation has been a major way of carrying over 90 percent of thephysical carriage of Nigeria’s external trade . “The reason behind this overwhelming dominance ofwater transportation, compared with others can be seen in over congestion of most of our sea portsin Nigeria, even in other countries of the world, can be seen in the over congestion of most of oursea ports in Nigeria.”However, the issue of safety and security in the maritime industry is a serious and complex one. Theeconomic losses arising from security lapse in most of our ports in Nigeria have becomeunacceptable in today’s commercial climate. The most noticeable distruptions in our present daycommercial climate are in the form of kidnapping, terrorism, theft of valuable cargoes, politicallymotivated crimes. In maritime business world, the undisputed facts are that, loss preventionmechanism which include security, safety, fire and risk management are top priority concerns. Thispaper has however attempted to analyze the contributing factors to insecurity in most of ourseaports in Nigeria. And how insecurity in Nigeria sea can be curtailed or eradicated with theenabling laws governing the usage, management and control of the Nigeria sea ports.
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