GreenVoyage2050: States accelerate action to decarbonise shipping
No fewer than 11 states across the globe are partnering in the International Maritime Organisation IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project, which is supporting the path to decarbonisation in the shipping sector, in…
Container shipping could save $4bn yearly from 50% take-up of e-Bills of Lading
A container ship, MSC Isabella A 50per cent adoption of usage of electronic Bills of Ladings by shippers (importers and exporters) in the next 10 years could save the container…
Maritime University brought peace, stability to Niger Delta-Gov Okowa …As NIMASA woos coastal states to develop blue economy
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (right); DG NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh (left); and Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, NIMASA, Victor Ochei, during a courtesy visit to Okowa…
Nigerian Shippers Council mourns late Justice Kafarati
Late Justice Kafarati The Board, Management and Staff of the Nigerian Shippers' Council, like most Nigerians, are saddened by the sudden passing of the former Chief Judge of the Federal…
Polish Ambassador visits NPA, seeks investment opportunities
From left: MD NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, Joanna Tarnawska and the wife of the Nigeria's Ambassador to Poland, Her Excellency, Mrs. Ndidi Ugwu…
As WTO’s first female, first African DG starts work
On her first day on the job, World Trade Organisation WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala held talks with delegates from its 164 member states and said there are a lot of…
SIFAX off docks handle 49,835 TEUs in 2020
Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi The SIFAX Group handled a total of 49,835 Twenty Equivalent Units TEUs in its off dock operations for the 2020 business year…
Navy, NIMASA beef up security around anchorage area …Deploy land, sea, air operational assets
DG NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh (second right); Managing Director, Mediterranean Shipping Nig. Ltd, Andrew Lynch (middle); General Manager, Hull Blyth Nigeria, Peter Kotze (right); Executive Director, Operations, NIMASA, Ahmed Shehu…
Nigeria’s seaports cargo volumes decline 2.2% in 2020 …As container, vessel traffic also dip
A port terminal in Lagos Nigeria’s six major seaports recorded sharp decline in all Key Performance Indicators KPI, as cargo volumes recorded a cent decline for the year ended December…
Global oil demand likely to rebound to pre-COVID levels by 2021 end- analysts
Global oil demand is expected to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels of around 100 million b/d by the end of the year driven by a strong rebound for gasoline, diesel and…
