Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has upgraded its 2021 full-year guidance reporting strong performance in Q2 2021. The company reported continues to report strong quarterly…
Two former crew members of the MSC Gayane have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a plot to smuggle an estimated $1 billion worth of cocaine through…
A Panama-flagged ship has been hijacked by armed men in the Gulf of Oman and ordered to sail to Iran, according to officials. The tanker MV Asphalt Princess is…
The bid for Nigeria’s election into the Governing Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) could suffer setback as the country dumped the Maritime Organization for West and Central…
Construction workers engaged on the Apapa-Ibadan railway project have expressed displeasure over the poor salary they are paid by the contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC). Some of…
The Netherlands is piloting a scheme to vaccinate seafarers of all nationalities calling at the key port of Rotterdam. The vaccination programme, which is currently limited to seafarers on…
Germany has joined the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) as the twenty-first Contracting Party. The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC),…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ has intercepted three trucks conveying six 6×20ft containers of logs of unprocessed timber. The Zonal Coordinator for Zone ‘C’, Olusemire…
Nigeria has dumped the Maritime Organization for West and Central Africa (MOWCA) following its failed bid to secure the election of its candidate, Paul Adaliku as Secretary-General of the…
Elections are over. The deluge of hate speeches have receded. Tensions have largely abated. The tempestuous wind of socioeconomic uncertainties has subsided. Normalcy reigns. Gladly, the confidence of international investors…
Yes I am in support of it. The academy would be better as a degree-awarding institution as such conversion would relegate the core aims of the establishment of the academy.…
I believe the fight (against smuggling) can be won without cutting short lives of young and harmless Nigerians. The Comptroller-General of Customs needs to take urgent steps to curb all…
By Capt. Chris Nezianya Nigeria is blessed with many rivers, most of which are navigable. The two major rivers are Rivers Niger and Benue. They provide livelihood for the…