Enebeli Debunks Wrong Impression About Shipping As Asenime Becomes NIS Fellow

National President of the National Institute of Shipping (NIS), Dr Martins Enebeli, has restated that shipping is not just about maritime or ship business, but encompasses all modes of transportation, noting that because of the nomenclature, most people restricted shipping to maritime or transportation through ships.
He said it was wrong for people who do not understand the sector to equate shipping to only ships or maritime, insisting that shipping is encompassing. It is all about any form of transportation, adding: “Shipping includes the pipeline, aviation, road and sea transport. Any form of transportation is shipping, but because of the nomenclature, most people misrepresent it.

“If you are directly or indirectly involved in any practice revolving around transportation, then you are into shipping and you need to join the Nigeria Institute of Shipping to gain more knowledge; there are many benefits you will also gain as a fellow of the institute,” Enebeli said.
Also, The Nigeria Institute of Shipping (NIS) inducted the Dean, School of Transport and Logistics, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Charles Asenime, as a fellow of the institute in recognition of his immense contribution to the advancement of the shipping and allied industry in the country.

Speaking during Asenime’s special fellowship investiture in Apapa, Enebeli said: “We never knew that one could obtain PhD in shipping from a Nigeria University, but through the relentless effort of Prof. Asenime and a few others, we can now stand tall and rub shoulders with experts in other professions.
The NIS president noted that the institute will continue to recognise those that are contributing to the advancement of the shipping profession while urging Professor Asenime to continue with the good works he has been doing to move the shipping profession forward.
Enebeli, however, decried the perceived shortage of trained professionals in the shipping industry, stressing that the institute would continue to bridge the gap by training and retraining professionals that will service Nigeria and the African shipping sector.
“We are looking forward to a time when we will be exporting experts in shipping to other countries, this is what we are working towards. I, therefore, urge all practitioners in the shipping profession to get certification in shipping from the institute.

“You can use our certificate to earn a Masters’s Degree from LASU, after which you can go ahead to obtain a PhD. We are developing the best modern curriculum in line with the best professional practice all over the world,” he added.
Registrar of the institute, Samson Chima, explained that the institute, which was established in 1983 came into existence with the aim of bridging the knowledge gap in the shipping profession, noting that NIS is an academic and professional body that continuously trains and retrains professionals.

Responding, Asenime said the institute fellowship award bestowed on him will spur him to do more; pointing out that NIS as an institution had come to stay.