An elder in Bayelsa State and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Christopher Abarowei said…
Author: Ships & Ports
FG not ready for dialogue with N’Delta people – IYC
The umbrella body for Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, has expressed doubt about the…
Search team recovers crashed EgyptAir cockpit recorder from Mediterranean Sea
The cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir flight MS804 has been retrieved by search teams in a…
Samsung Heavy plans 1,500 layoffs, seeks 30% return of executive salaries
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a local shipyard, unveiled its detailed self-restructuring program which centres on a…
Greek port workers vow to continue strike over privatisation
Following the Greek government’s failure to reach an agreement with the Federation of Port Workers of…
Weather hampers Sewol salvage, operation to resume next week
Salvage teams are scheduled to continue their operations on the sunken Sewol ferry off South Korea’s southern coast next…
Cargo ship rescues sailors off New Zealand after two crew die in rigging accident
A Singapore-flagged containership has rescued three people from their battered yacht several hundred miles from New…
Korean banks hit hard by shipbuilding woes
After South Korea launched a KRW 11 trillion (USD 9.5 billion) worth fund for state-run banks,…
Leading 51 China yards take 96.5% of new orders in first five months
Fifty-one leading Chinese shipyards, mostly subsidiaries of the two state-owned shipbuilders China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC)…
Evergreen Marine gets 20-year extended lease of Panama’s Colon terminal
Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corp announced it has won an approval to extend its lease of the…
Navy recover vessel used by hijackers
Four months after pirates hijacked an oil tanker, MT MAXIMUS, the Nigerian Navy has recovered a…