The Panama Canal on Tuesday welcomed the largest capacity vessel to-date to transit the expanded locks…
Author: Ships & Ports
China returns underwater drone as U.S. condemns ‘unlawful’ seizure
China has returned a U.S. underwater drone taken by one of its naval vessels in the…
Ship with 17 Pakistanis stranded in Suez Canal
Pakistani workers, including a captain, are stranded in Egypt’s Suez Canal as the Egyptian government has…
Unions to shut Arik Air over seven months salary arrears
The unions in the aviation sector on Monday directed the commencement of a joint strike at…
Abuja airport to be closed next year
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday disclosed that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…
AU backs ECOWAS’ decision on Gambia
The Chairman of the African Union (AU), Idriss Deby, on Monday expressed full support for the…
Buhari: Economic recession will reduce next year
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that the current economic recession will ebb in 2017. Speaking…
5 dead, 6 missing after MSC containership collides with fishing vessel
Five people have died and six others are reported missing after an MSC containership collided with…
Kachikwu to meet PENGASSAN, ExxonMobil today over labour dispute
Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu will be meeting with executives of the Petroleum…
Crowd in airports as aviation fuel scarcity worsens
The domestic airports in Lagos have had to hold crowds of travellers from the weekend getting…
Truck drivers block Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highway to protest N10,000 tax
Protesting truck drivers have blocked the Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highways since the early hours of Monday. The drivers…