Survival of fittest for container shipping firms
The container shipping companies across the globe are faced with the perfect storm with the ever tighter environmental regulations coming into force and oil prices jumping, exerting further pressure on…
Purported ANLCA BOT crisis unnecessary, diversionary-Investigation
FRANCIS EZEM Strong indications emerged that scores members of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents ANLCA, are currently pissed with the internal wrangling squabbles among members of Board of…
Blue Economy: Nigeria needs no new maritime agency, says Oraekwusi
BY FRANCIS EZEM Former president of the Nigerian Trawlers Owners Association NITOA, Mrs. Margret Oraekwusi has warned that the clamour in some quarters for the creation of another maritime security…
Tin Can Customs records 25.4% half- year revenue growth
BY FRANCIS EZEM The Nigeria Customs Service, Tin Can Island Port Command has recorded an impressive growth rate of per cent in its revenue generation for the first half of…
NIMASA restates commitment to developing Nigeria’s Blue Economy …inaugurates implementation committee
From left: A Maritime consultant, Dr. Chris Asoluka, Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Chairman of NIMASA board, Major General, Jonathan India Garba (rtd.)…
Reps insists on recovery of N4.8tr owed AMCON before sunset
Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara BY FRANCIS EZEM The House of Representatives, Nigeria’s lower legislative chambers has insisted that all the N480billion owed by some highly placed individuals in…
NPA restates commitment to port efficiency through intermodal transport
MD NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman BY FRANCIS EZEM The Nigerian Ports Authority NPA has assured that it would continue to remain focused and determined to collaborate with all stakeholders to…
FG unveils new National Carrier ‘Nigeria Air’
BY FRANCIS EZEM The Federal Government has unveiled the name and logo of its new National Carrier, ‘Nigeria Air, saying that the government is also in talks with aircraft providers…
Shippers Council visits concessionaires, preaches port automation …Insists Executive Order on Ease of Doing Business realisable
From left: Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, Director, Regulatory Services of the Council, Ms. Ifeoma Ezedinma and General Manager, Ports and Cargo Handling Services, Mr. Abayomi Obadare during the…
10 Missing after Cargo Ship Sinks off Shanghai
Ten mariners are reported missing following a collision between a tanker identified as Yong An and general cargo ship Shun Qiang 2, which sank taking down 13 members of its…
