Marshall Islands-flagged oil/chemical tanker Siteam Anja ran aground onto the rocks just 400 meters off the shore of…
Author: Ships & Ports
IMO scribe says Indonesia on right track under Jokowi
Indonesia is on the right track to become a key player in the international maritime industry…
China to build Panama port
Panama is set to receive its first container terminal designed to handle post-panamax vessels in Colon…
Angelicoussis tops Greece’s ‘tonne millionaires’ list
The “shipping crisis” seems to have had little impact on Greece’s major owners as the largest…
Indonesia cargo ships left idle amid weak economy
With approximately half of the nation’s cargo ships left to sit idle against a backdrop of…
Seme command records 221 seizures, arrest 17 suspects in four months
The Seme area command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it recorded 221 various seizures with…
Marine police nab clearing agent over alleged importation of contraband goods
A middle-aged clearing agent, Okechukwu Ndubuisi, was on Thursday paraded by the Assistant Inspector General of…
What do you think can be done to improve Nigeria’s ease of doing business?
The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how the regulatory…
What do you think is the key to achieving a sustainable maritime sector?
What we need is the commitment and dedication of all stakeholders in the industry rather than…
Not the end of the world for Philippines crewing as China takes No.1 spot
By Marcus Hand from Singapore Back around 2002 – 2003 the fear of the rise of Chinese crewing was…
N1.5bn contract scam: Court jails ex-NIMASA DG Temi Omatseye 5yrs
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today sentenced a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime…
FG planning regional force to deal with Niger Delta militants
The Federal Government is building a regional and global security alliance against the resurgent Niger Delta…