IMO MEPC78 sees important progress on greenhouse gas agenda
IMO Secretary General, Kitack Lim As the International Maritime Organisation IMO MEPC78 draws to a close, we have seen good progress on several important topics, including on the next phase…
MD NPA hails IMO team on Nigeria’s Port Community System
Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello -Koko (middle), leader of the IMO team, Gadi Benmoshe (2nd right), Mr. Nico De Cauwer, Port of Antwerp Bruges (left), Chairman of Customs…
Tin Can Port beats Ghana, Lome, others in Global Ports Performance Index
Container operation at Tin Can Island Port The Tin Can Island Port Complex, located in Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria’s second largest cargo seaport has been ranked among the best performing seaports…
FIRS to begin nationwide monitoring of tax compliance…Targets MDAs, NGOs, others
Executive Chairman, FIRS, Muhammad Nami. The Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS is concluding plans to begin a nationwide Value Added Tax VAT and Withholding Tax WHT compliance exercise from July…
God told me Kwankwaso would be Nigeria’s next President-Prophet Ogbu
NNPP presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso Leader of the Christian-Muslim Advocacy Initiative, Prophet Iwu Jideogu Ogbu has said that God revealed to him that the presidential candidate of New Nigeria…
NPA hosts BPSR delegation…Haps on port efficiency through automation
From left: Managing Director of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko and DG, BPSR, Dr. Arabi Dasuki during the visit. The Nigerian Ports Authority has said it is willing to partner the Bureau…
IMO: Containerships could reduce emissions with just in time arrivals
Shipping lines have increasingly understood the benefits of voyage optimization for fuel savings and cost control, but a new report from a low carbon public-private partnership sponsored by the IMO…
Hapag-Lloyd pays $2m FMC detention, demurrage settlement
Hapag Lloyd Antwerpen Express. Hapag-Lloyd has agreed a $2m settlement with the US Federal Maritime Commission FMC in relation to alleged detention and demurrage violations. The FMC’s Bureau of Enforcement…
Marine pollution: Expert canvasses robust waste to wealth initiatives…As Lagos State boosts plastic waste recycling
As part of measures to curb worsening environmental degradation, especially marine pollution, former President of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, Engr. Yemisi Shyllon, has made a strong for…
Bello-Koko: 2006 port concession agreement skewed against Nigeria…Forecloses termination of any lease agreement
Container handling operations at one of the terminals in Lagos. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko has said that the first port concession agreement signed in…
