At your service since 2002

Maritime expertise.
Local strength.

Trusted vessel agency, freight logistics, stevedoring and customs clearing across Nigeria and West Africa.

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Who we are

Your interests,
looked after.

Since 2002, Union Maritime Agency Limited has provided unparalleled agency, freight logistics, stevedoring and customs clearing services to leading ship owners, operators, charterers and brokers.

We provide full vessel attendance and ship husbandry throughout all Nigerian ports and across West Africa, serving crude and clean product tankers, dry-bulk carriers and container vessels.

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What we do

Core port services

Seamless support from pre-arrival to departure—delivered with integrity, care and professionalism.

Vessel agency & husbandry

Complete port-call coordination, full-vessel attendance and dependable husbandry across Nigerian and West African ports.

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Freight & logistics

Integrated freight forwarding, cargo support and logistics solutions built around your schedule and operational priorities.

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Stevedoring

Professional cargo handling backed by experienced port operators, stevedores and a safety-led approach.

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Customs clearing

Responsive documentation, customs compliance and local coordination that keep cargo and vessels moving.

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Hub agency managementPort vendor managementVoyage accounting & reportingMaritime & port securityAMS & ENOA/D compliance

Built on experience

People who know ports.

Our committed staff and executive management bring together Master Mariners, Brokers, Stevedores, Port Operators and Managers. That diversity lets us solve challenges on the ground quickly and responsibly.

“Our strength is our people.”

For more than seven years, we husbanded high-tonnage bulk cement vessels for Africa’s largest cement producer, the Dangote Group.

Senior management

Experience
at the helm.

A leadership team bringing together commercial, maritime, legal and operational expertise.

Alhaji Audu Dantata

Chairman of the Board

An accomplished businessman with broad experience across multiple sectors of the economy and extensive knowledge of the maritime and oil and gas industries.

Brig. Gen. M. S. Toki (Rtd.)

Vice-Chairman of the Board

A highly experienced leader whose depth of knowledge and counsel have proved of great benefit to the company.

Mr Foluso Adefemi

Managing Director / CEO

A Maritime Academy graduate with shipping-management training at home and abroad, and extensive experience across wet and dry cargo operations.

Mr Temitayo Adefemi

Chief Technology Officer

Mr Temitayo Adefemi brings a rare blend of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership to the maritime sector. His background sits at the frontier of high-performance computing. He holds an MSc in High Performance Computing from the University of Edinburgh, and his research spans parallel computing, computer architecture and machine-learning systems. He has authored several preprints on topics ranging from MPI performance analysis to dynamic neural-network architectures, including benchmarking these artefacts on UK national supercomputers such as ARCHER2, Cirrus and EIDF. He also serves as a reviewer for leading journals, including IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing and Parallel Computing.

Esther Adefemi

Business Strategist

Esther Adefemi is a creative, self-motivated professional who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Management from the University of Essex. She brings a people-centred and commercially aware perspective to business strategy, supporting organisational planning, market insight and sustainable growth.