Extortion: Shipping firms snub Shippers Council, CRFFN
Multinational shipping firms operating in Nigeria on Friday, snubbed the Nigerian Shippers Council NSC, the country’s economic regulator for the ports and the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding…
Don’t embarrass Nigeria, Minister warns departing NSDP Cadets…As DG NIMASA says Nigeria must be Africa’s manning capital
Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi (6th left) flanked by Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency NIMASA, Azita O. Azita (2nd left) and…
How can Africa get ready for latest generation of container ships?
Durban Container Port, South Africa Over the past few years, a new generation of ultra-large container vessels has begun to sail the oceans. Container ships like the Madrid Maersk, COSCO…
Biden hopes fines on lingering cargo containers ease congestion at major U.S. ports
The Biden administration is hopeful new fines imposed on carriers at the nation’s busiest port complex will abate the intensifying logjam of cargo ships. The twin ports of Los Angeles…
Piracy, robbery at 30 –year low, says IMB…Warns against complacency
The latest update from the International Chamber of Commerce ICC, International Maritime Bureau IMB states that during the first nine months of 2021 piracy and armed robberies of ships are…
SIFAX ICT nets 33,500 TEUs in first year of operations
SIFAX Inland Container Terminal, an off dock terminal owned by the SIFAX Group, has recorded more than 33,500 twenty equivalent units TEUs in its first year of operations. The terminal,…
IMO considers Midterm-measures for GHC from ships
Various proposals for mid-term measures to reduce GHG emissions, including a number of submissions related to potential market-based measures, have been submitted and considered by an International Maritime Organisation IMO…
NPA expands stakeholders’ engagement, visits GOC 81 Division
From left: Representative of the acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, the Executive Director, Engineering and Technical Services, Prof. Idris Abubakar presents the authority’s plaque to the…
Tragedy: Third Officer murders Captain, First Officer aboard tanker vessel
Argentine authorities are holding a third officer who had been working on a tanker on charges of murdering the captain and first officer while the vessel was at anchor on…
Ogun 1 Customs Command could become Africa’s regional hub-Compt. Nnadi… Lists five priority mandate areas
Comptroller Dera Nnadi, Customs Area Controller in charge of Ogun 1 Customs Command. The new Area Controller of Ogun 1 command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Dera Nnadi has…
