Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced the successful delivery of their first 24,000-TEU class megamax vessel. The vessel, named ONE Innovation, was constructed at Japan Marine United Corporation’s Kure…
Some senior staff of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have accused the Director General of the agency, Bashir Jamoh of nepotism. Some of the staff, who…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said it is going ahead with its planned industrial action to protest the removal of subsidy on petroleum products. NLC said all its affiliate…
The Police in northern Greece have seized dozens of packages of cocaine stashed in containers laden with bananas that had been shipped from Latin America. Police seized two suspect…
The Vice President of APM Terminals, Martijn Van Dongen, on Friday visited the headquarters of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) in Lagos. Dongen said the visit was to strengthen…
A German charity said on Friday its rescue ship was impounded by Italian authorities for breaching tougher migration rules introduced by the country’s right-wing government as part of a…
Many stakeholders took turns yesterday to shower encomiums on the outgoing Port Manager of the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Olotu as she began the process of handing…
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has said that it will commence a nationwide strike action on Monday over lingering disputes with shipping lines with regards to the…
The Lagos State Council, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has announced the death of a maritime journalist, Mr. Ray Ugochukwu. Ugochukwu reportedly died in his hometown in Imo State…
I finally found the time last week to read Hadiza Bala Usman’s polemic titled “STEPPING ON TOES: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority”. It is a small book…
By Princess Vicky Haastrup The African Continental Free Trade Area, popularly known as AfCFTA is a free trade area founded in 2018, while its full implementation commenced in January 2021. AfCFTA…