Nigeria cabotage
Cabotage Act 2003
- Citizenship requirement
- Nigerian-owned + Nigerian-built + Nigerian-crewed
- Vessel flag required
- Nigerian flag for coastal + inland cabotage
- Officer quota
- Master + Chief Engineer + 2 senior officers must be Nigerian
- Wage effect
- Nigerian domestic-flag wages below international; substantial specialised-vessel exemption regime
Notes
NIMASA-enforced. Extensive waiver system due to limited Nigerian-flag fleet capacity; many trades operate under Ministerial waiver.