Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Tuesday received members of the Movement of the…
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Two feared dead, another injured in Oshodi tanker fire
Two persons were feared dead ON Tuesday, one was injured when a petrol-laden tanker with…
Reps recommend approval of more refineries
Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday backed the licensing of more refineries in…
Ivory Coast starts $962m Abidjan port upgrade
Ivory Coast started on Tuesday a four-year, USD962million (N190.5billion) project to add a second container terminal…
US court orders government to rewrite ballast water rulebook
The U.S. Court of Appeals’ 2nd Circuit has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rewrite…
Oil price fall may continue till 2017 – OPEC
The decline in global crude oil prices may not abate until 2017 as the oil…
IMO sec-gen calls on shipowners to set their own emission targets
Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Koji Sekimizu has called on the shipping industry…
South Korean shipbuilders’ earnings to remain weak through next year
South Korean shipbuilders’ earnings are expected to remain in the doldrums until the first half…
Denmark says sulphur emmissions reduced by 60% in 2015
The Danish authorities say that sulphur emissions in the country’s coastal waters have been reduced…
Ethiopia plans to export natural gas in 3 to 5 years
A government official in Ethiopia says his country will begin exporting natural gas in three…
Navy seizes ship, barge with suspected stolen crude oil
The Central Naval Command yesterday said that it had intercepted a vessel and tug boat…
Piracy costs West Africa $2bn annually
Ghana’s Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Geoffrey Mawuli Biekro says maritime piracy and armed…