A 48- year-old mother of three children, Mrs. Saidat Bola Hassan, has been arrested by operatives…
Author: Ships & Ports
Photo: Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi
Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi emerging from the National Assembly Complex shortly after defending the Transport Ministry’s…
New FOU Zone ‘A’ Customs boss vows to stop arrest of containers on highway
Concerned about incessant complaints over officers intercepting containers on the highway, newly appointed Controller, Federal Operations…
FG begins distribution of relief materials to IDP camps as Customs inaugurates committee
Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali has inaugurated a committee tasked with the distribution of relief materials to Internally…
US Congress passes Customs bill streamlining import duties
U.S. lawmakers in the Senate has passed a US Customs and Border Protection bill that will…
Drones will forever change how pirates operate on the high seas
Criminals at sea are already going high tech, using GPS and bootleg submarines to plan attacks…
Ports prepare for mandatory weighing of containers
Felixstowe in the UK has become the latest port to confirm that it will offer a…
ILO group slams Australia for undermining cabotage
The Seafarers’ Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO) has strongly criticised the Conservative Australian Government…
Baltic dry index logs first gain of 2016
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose…
Smuggling cripples indigenous rice production
Rice Smuggling has reached frightening levels, with hundreds of trailers ferrying tonnes of the staple food…
What do you think can be done to curtail corrupt practices at the ports?
Corruption is systemic, endemic and entrenched in our system and one of the ways to…
Will you like to work in the shipping sector?
In this edition of Layman Page, Lydia Ojarikre went to town to ask average Nigerians what…