Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency is the federal agency responsible for regulating shipping, maritime safety, security, and seafarers’ standards in Nigeria’s territorial waters and offshore zones.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11578777 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Context triple: [Nigerian Ports Authority, collaboratesWith, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency]
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A.
Maritime Safety Agency
The Maritime Safety Agency was the former name of Japan’s maritime law enforcement and search-and-rescue organization that later became the Japan Coast Guard.
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B.
Nigerian Ports Authority
The Nigerian Ports Authority is the federal government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing the operations of major seaports across Nigeria.
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C.
South African Maritime Safety Authority
The South African Maritime Safety Authority is a government agency responsible for regulating maritime safety, security, and environmental protection in South African waters, including the management of lighthouses and other navigational aids.
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D.
Nigerian Navy
The Nigerian Navy is the maritime military force of Nigeria responsible for naval defense, securing the nation’s territorial waters, and supporting national security operations at sea.
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E.
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority is Australia’s federal regulator responsible for overseeing safety, structural integrity, and environmental management of offshore petroleum operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Target entity description: The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency is the federal agency responsible for regulating shipping, maritime safety, security, and seafarers’ standards in Nigeria’s territorial waters and offshore zones.
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A.
Maritime Safety Agency
The Maritime Safety Agency was the former name of Japan’s maritime law enforcement and search-and-rescue organization that later became the Japan Coast Guard.
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B.
Nigerian Ports Authority
The Nigerian Ports Authority is the federal government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing the operations of major seaports across Nigeria.
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C.
South African Maritime Safety Authority
The South African Maritime Safety Authority is a government agency responsible for regulating maritime safety, security, and environmental protection in South African waters, including the management of lighthouses and other navigational aids.
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D.
Nigerian Navy
The Nigerian Navy is the maritime military force of Nigeria responsible for naval defense, securing the nation’s territorial waters, and supporting national security operations at sea.
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E.
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority is Australia’s federal regulator responsible for overseeing safety, structural integrity, and environmental management of offshore petroleum operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
maritime administration ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NIMASA ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
International Maritime Organization
ⓘ
Nigerian Navy ⓘ Nigerian Ports Authority ⓘ Nigerian Shippers’ Council ⓘ
linked to:
Nigerian Shippers Council
|
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Lagos
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Federal Government of Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Nigeria
|
| legalFoundation |
NIMASA Act
ⓘ
NIMASA Act 2007 ⓘ
linked to:
NIMASA Act
|
| operatesIn |
Nigerian Exclusive Economic Zone
ⓘ
linked to:
Nigerian exclusive economic zone
Nigerian territorial waters ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy ⓘ |
| predecessor | National Maritime Authority ⓘ |
| responsibility |
administration of the Cabotage regime in Nigeria
ⓘ
combating armed robbery at sea in Nigerian waters ⓘ combating piracy in Nigerian waters ⓘ enforcement of safety standards for ships ⓘ enforcement of security standards for ships and ports ⓘ enforcement of the Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act ⓘ flag state control ⓘ implementation of international maritime conventions in Nigeria ⓘ implementation of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ⓘ implementation of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ⓘ implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code ⓘ implementation of the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers Convention ⓘ maintenance of seafarers’ register ⓘ management of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund ⓘ maritime safety in Nigerian waters ⓘ maritime security in Nigerian waters ⓘ monitoring of Nigeria’s Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ port state control ⓘ promotion of indigenous shipping in Nigeria ⓘ protection of the marine environment from ship-sourced pollution ⓘ registration of ships in Nigeria ⓘ regulation of Nigerian-flagged vessels ⓘ regulation of seafarers’ training and certification ⓘ regulation of shipping in Nigeria ⓘ search and rescue coordination in Nigerian maritime domain ⓘ |
| sector |
maritime safety
ⓘ
maritime security ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ seafarer administration ⓘ shipping ⓘ |
| shortName | NIMASA ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Description of subject: The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency is the federal agency responsible for regulating shipping, maritime safety, security, and seafarers’ standards in Nigeria’s territorial waters and offshore zones.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Ministry of Transportation (Nigeria)
→
supervises
→
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
ⓘ
subject linked to:
Federal Ministry of Transportation
Federal Ministry of Transportation of Nigeria
→
oversees
→
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
ⓘ
subject linked to:
NPA