NPA: We are determined to consolidate our 2023 superior performance…Insists implementing performance improvement measures crucial
The Nigerian Ports Authority NPA has announced an ambitious $1billion reconstruction plan for the Tin Can Island Port Complex as well as the comprehensive rehabilitation of Apapa, Rivers, Onne, Warri…
Houthi’s missile attack on bulker kills three, injures four
A Barbados-flagged, Greek-managed bulker was attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday, causing the first crew casualties since the group began attacking commercial shipping nearly five months ago. Several crewmembers…
Ships, ports crucial in achieving EU climate goal-report
The Commission estimates that 280 million tons of CO2 will need to be captured to meet the ambitious 90per cent greenhouse gas emission reduction target in 2040. The ports, and…
NIMASA, Sternula sign pact on VHF data exchange system…Set to boost digitalisation efforts –DG
From right: Head, Legal Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Aisha Idris-Yakubu; Executive Director, Finance and Administration, NIMASA, Chudi Offodile; Director General, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR; head…
Food crisis: Seme Customs seizes trailer load of beans…Intercepts rice, narcotics, others
Customs Area Controller, Seme Command, Comptroller Timi Bomodi fields questions from newsmen after inspection of the seized items. In the midst of the worsening food crisis currently ravaging the country,…
Ghana: Finance ministry warns country stands to lose $3.8bn over controversial anti-LGBTQ Bill
Ghanaian leader, Nana Akufo-Addo. Ghana's finance ministry has warned the country stands to lose a substantial amount of financing from international banks estimated at USD$ billion over the next five…
Nigeria tracks down bunker vessel, holds it on oil theft charges
The Nigerian Navy reports it tracked and subsequently arrested a Panama-registered bunker vessel which it is accusing of oil theft. They tracked the vessel offshore before apprehending it with 13…
WTO e-commerce tariff moratorium wins temporary reprieve
The World Trade Organisation’s moratorium on customs duties on digital transmissions, a key pillar of internet development for decades, won a last-minute reprieve on Friday, but the deal will force…
Activists urge Nigeria to delay Shell’s $2.4 billion sale of assets in deeply polluted Niger Delta
FILE: A member of Shell staff on the Bonga offshore oil Floating Production Storage Local activists and international environmental groups want Nigeria's government to delay approving the sale of oil…
Oil prices expected to remain tethered near $80/ barrel
Analysts were less bullish on oil in February for a fourth straight month, with ample supplies seen holding prices near $80 a barrel this year as the Middle East conflict…
