The Nigerian Navy, in a three-day operation, paraded all its gunboats, warships and other movable arsenals…
Author: Ships & Ports
NNS Beecroft arrests 11 stowaways
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Wednesday in Lagos said it had arrested an impersonator…
Dealers of substandard products risk 10 years in jail
The Federal Government has empowered Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to jail dealers in substandard products…
SON gets merit certificate from global Customs body
On recognition of its exceptional service to the International Customs community, the World Customs Organisation (WCO)…
Moody’s changes outlook on global shipping sector to negative
Moody’s Investors Service has switched its outlook on the global shipping sector to negative as it expects…
Diplomatic row brews as Argentina sinks Chinese fishing vessel
Argentina’s coast guard has sunk a Chinese trawler that was fishing illegally within its territorial waters,…
Shipping lines announce more service cuts idle containership fleet hits record level
Idled global container capacity has reached a record high of 1.57m teu, according to the latest…
German shipping companies plead guilty to oil pollution
The German shipping companies Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG and Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co.…
Chinese group bids for London’s Baltic Exchange
State-owned corporation China Merchants Group became the latest applicant to buy London’s Baltic Exchange, according to…
EFCC summons ex-NIMASA Acting DG, Jauro
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the former Acting Director-General of the Nigerian…
Nigeria urged to show political will in fighting maritime insecurity
As the 2016 Exercise Obangame/Saharan Express kicked off yesterday in Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon and other participating…
Customs intercept 1,263 cartons of poultry products, frozen fish
The Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, Lagos, has impounded 1,263 cartons of…