Shipping firms, others back Seafarers Covid Emergency Relief Fund
Photo: International Seafarers Relief Funds Shipping companies, other organisations and charterers have come together with charities in an emergency relief fund for seafarers and their families devastated by the Covid…
NextGEN holds first meeting to push maritime decarbonisation
IMO-Singapore NextGEN project aims to facilitate collaboration and information sharing across maritime decarbonization initiatives. The IMO-Singapore NextGEN aims to build partnerships between stakeholders in the public and private sectors, not…
NPPM: Shippers Council visits Port Health Services, Abuja …Seeks reduced time on vessels’ inspection
From right: Executive Secretary/CEO, the Nigerian Shippers Council, Hassan Bello presents the Nigerian Port Process Manual booklet to the Director, Port Health Services, Dr. Geoffrey Okatubo, during the visit to…
UK Minister for Africa visits NPA…Canvases trade facilitation
Port Manager, Lagos Ports Complex LPC, Olufunmilayo Olotu (2nd left), Executive Director, Marine & Operations, Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Onari Brown (3rd left) and the United Kingdom Minister for Africa…
ILO adopts Cyprus’ resolution for seafarers’ vaccination
A resolution for a global seafarers’ vaccination programme proposed by Cyprus has been officially adopted by the International Labour Organisation ILO. The resolution calls for a mapping exercise to identify…
Biden’s Economic Plan would redistribute trillions, expand government
US President, Joe Biden Franklin D. Roosevelt created the modern government-funded social safety net in the 1930s to aid lower and middle-income families — paid for in part by jacking…
Nigeria, ICC Yaoundé Pioneer Initiative set to combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea
Nigeria and the Inter Regional Coordination Centre ICC Yaoundé have formed a forum to galvanise regional and international efforts to ensure security in the Gulf of Guinea GOG. The Gulf…
FG commissions Digital Economy Projects to enhance growth …Approves policy on virtual engagement
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami. The Federal Government through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has commissioned batch nine of seven digital Economy Projects. The…
Oil falls 1% as India’s Covid-19 surge dents demand outlook
Oil prices fell more than one per cent on Monday on fears that surging COVID-19 cases in India will dent fuel demand in the world’s third-biggest oil importer and as…
Empty-container rush signals worst yet to come for shipping community
For the first time in the rail container volume index history, nonholiday empty containers outnumber the loaded container volumes heading into Los Angeles. This occurred briefly at the beginning of…
