Ships & Ports
40 test positive to COVID-19 on cruise ship
At least 40 passengers and crew from a luxury cruise liner have tested positive for COVID-19 and the authorities are still trying to trace a number of passengers...
U.S. to monitor Chinese incursion around disputed East China Sea islands
The U.S. military will help Japan monitor “unprecedented” Chinese incursions around East China Sea islands controlled by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing as...
COVID-19: WHO cautions against shutting borders
Keeping borders closed to halt the spread of COVID-19 is unsustainable, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, urging countries to adopt...
Maersk to stop accepting wastes shipments to China, Hong Kong
The world’s top container shipping line, Maersk, said on Wednesday it would stop accepting solid waste shipments bound for China and Hong Kong from September....
N1.5bn fraud: Court jails ex-NIMASA ED Agaba 7 years
The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Captain Ezekiel Agaba, of...
UK resumes visa services in Nigeria July 28
The British High Commission in Nigeria has said it will commence visa services in Nigeria from July 28. The High Commission in a tweet on Tuesday said Visa...
7 crew members test positive to COVID-19 on ship that left Nigeria
Seven crew members have tested positive for COVID-19 on board a tanker that arrived in Algeciras, Spain from Nigeria. Based on the available information, nine...
Customs intercepts goods, arrests 53 smugglers in one month
The Nigeria Customs Service, North Central Zone, Sector 3, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, said it has seized contraband goods worth N1.2 billion and arrested...
Court jails two oil thieves
Justice L. N. Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has convicted and sentenced two oil thieves to three years imprisonment. EFCC spokesman,...
