UK ports ‘wasted time, effort, money’ on Brexit white elephants
The future of UK Brexit border checks on EU goods is in question, and ports want compensation for the investments made in good faith. Full post-Brexit sanitary and phytosanitary border…
NIWA’s pragmatic steps to curb boat mishaps
Managing Director/CEO, NIWA, Dr George Moghalu The National Inland Waterways Authority NIWA, Nigeria’s apex inland water regulatory agency has introduced measures to stem the rising cases of boat accidents The…
Bashir Jamoh: My dream for Nigeria’s maritime industry
Dr. Jamoh Dr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh was Thursday last week appointed Director General, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA by President Muhammadu Buhari. He granted this interview sometime…
GMSC: Nigeria piloting maritime safety, security in Gulf of Guinea
Dignitaries at the conference The Gulf of Guinea; a major shipping route is no doubt strategic to international trade and commerce. The region also has a pivotal role in Africa’s…
How Shippers’ Council’s activities benefit Nigeria’s economy
Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council, Hassan Bello. BY SHOLA FADEYI The emergence of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council NSC in 2014 as the country’s Economic Regulator of the port industry, and…
Truck relocation: FG gives Shippers Council, NPA marching orders
From left: Vice Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Apapa Gridlock, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, Director Legal Services, Nigerian Shippers Council, Mr. Samuel Vongtau and Director, Inland Transport Services of the council,…
Apapa gridlock: NPA signs Mou on cargo movement through barges
MD NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman The Nigerian Ports Authority NPA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with APM Capital on the deployment of barges to evacuate containers from the…
Boeing crisis: Air Peace clarifies B737 MAX 8 order, assures customers of safety …As search crews recover black box for crashed Flight 302
BY FRANCIS EZEM Worried by the concerns raised over the Sunday crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya and its subsequent decision to…
Boeing faces safety questions over 737 MAX 8
Boeing's bestselling passenger jet is facing increased scrutiny after being involved in a second deadly crash in less than six months, threatening to tarnish the US plane maker's reputation for…
Ethiopian Airlines grounds Boeing 737 Max 8 fleet over crash …As authorities begin investigations
BY OUR REPORTERS Ethiopian Airlines has announced the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max 8 fleet, over yesterday’s crash of its Flight ET302 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya,…
