Ships & Ports
Agbakoba asks FG to merge Customs with Immigration
Founding President of the Nigerian Chamber of Shipping and a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, has advised the Federal...
Do you think port users are taking enough safety measures against COVID-19 infection?
Not at all. A visit to many of our ports will reveal that many port users are so lackadaisical in the way they are carrying on with their duties at the port. One is...
FG cancels meals on domestic flights
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said that food will no longer be served on domestic flights when operations resume. Speaking on Monday at the daily...
FG shuts Third Mainland Bridge July 24 for repair
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, on Monday said consultations were on for another phase of repair works to begin on the Third Mainland...
Wike lifts Bonny, Onne lockdown
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has lifted the lockdown he imposed on the oil-rich Bonny Island and Onne to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic....
Maersk expands inland logistics with acquisition of Customs broker
Maersk said on Monday it had agreed to buy Sweden-based customs broker KGH Customs Services for 2.6 billion Swedish crowns ($281 million), as the container...
It is illegal for Transport Ministry to move cabotage vessel fund — Akinpelumi
Captain Taiwo Akinpelumi is a member of the Nigerian Shipowners Association (NISA) Steering Committee. In this interview with Shulammite Foyeku, he shares his...
Reps probe NPA over $1bn ‘secret account’
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged secret account being kept by the Nigerian Ports Authority with a balance of over $1 billion....
Pirates kidnap 9 Nigerians from FPSO
Pirates attacked an oil production vessel off Nigeria in the early hours of Thursday and kidnapped nine Nigerian nationals, the ship’s owner BW Offshore said. ...
NSCDC arrests 11 suspected oil thieves in Delta
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Delta State Command, has impounded three trucks loaded with stolen crude oil and arrested over 11 suspects...
US seeks to seize gasoline in Iran tankers bound for Venezuela
US prosecutors have filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is shipping to Venezuela. John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General,...
ICS asks ships to sound horns on July 8
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is calling on all ships to sound their horns again at 12 noon on 8 July, the day before a summit meeting on crew change on 9...
