Posidonia 2018: Shipowners Stand Alone in Cutting CO2 Emissions
John Platsidakis The new environmental regulations have been at the center of attention at this year’s edition of Posidonia trade show in Athens, Greece, which took place from 4-8 of…
NIMASA’s modular floating dock arrives Lagos waters?
BY FRANCISEZEM Strong indications emerged that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, has taken delivery of its long awaited modular floating dock, touted to be the fifth largest…
Exclusive: Apapa Port workers groan over absence of intra-transport system
BY FRANCIS EZEM Strong indications emerged that many workers at the Lagos Ports Complex LPC, Apapa are currently undergoing tough times going in and out of the complex for their…
Nigeria’s shipping industry scary, foreign -dominated-Gov. Obaseki …Commends Starzs Group on delivery of MV Osanyamo
MV OSANYAMO; while on sail from South Africa to Nigeria BY FRANCIS EZEM Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that Nigeria’s shipping industry has remained largely foreign-dominated…
Stakeholders laud SIFAX over intervention in ferry services …Say move will check quackery, carnage on waterways
One of the new ferries deployed by the SIFAX Group BY FRANCIS EZEM Stakeholders in the nation’s water transport industry, especially commuters have commended the SIFAX Group over its recent…
Ease of doing business: Customs replies NPA, insists double -checking containers statutory
BY FRANCIS EZEM The Nigeria Customs Service has said it would not cancel its policy of double checking of containers even after they have been duly inspected and released at…
Seafarers’ welfare: NIMASA hails ILO’s amendment to MLC 2006
From left: Executive Director Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Mr. Gambo Ahmed, Director General of the agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Minister Of Labour…
ONE joins big 3 lines in levying emergency bunker surcharges
Japanese liner company ONE is the latest to impose an emergency bunker surcharge, joining industry giants Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM which all imposed surcharges last week. The charges, which…
Lagos promotes water transport, builds nine jetties
Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode BY FRANCIS EZEM As part of efforts to enhance the movement of persons and goods through the inland waterways and reduce pressure on…
2019: AMCON proposes exclusion of loan defaulters from public offices …Threatens to publish names of bad debtors
MD/CEO, AMCON, Mr. Ahmed Kuru FRANCIS EZEM Ahead of the 2019 general elections, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON has made a strong case for the exclusion of bad loan…
