After nearly two months of uncertainty it is now clear the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Ballast…
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Hong Kong 2015 container volumes down 9.5%, lowest since 2002
A 10.6% drop in container throughput at the Port of Hong Kong in December to 1.59m…
Down deeper and down, Baltic Dry Index plunges 22% in first two weeks of 2016
In the most torrid two weeks to 2016 imaginable, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) has fallen…
ITF urges President to intervene in Morocco port dispute
The International Transport Workers’ Federation is calling on the president of Morocco to intervene in an…
Truck drivers, decry extortion by security operatives at port gates
Some truck drivers operating at the ports in Lagos on Friday expressed concerns over extortion by…
Ex-militants resume hostilities in Niger Delta
Suspected ex-militants on Thursday night blew up a gas pipeline in Warri South-West Local Government Area,…
Top maritime stories of 2015
We saw some big stories in the maritime industry in 2015.At Ships & Ports Online, a…
ANLCA elects western zone chapter executives
The much-awaited elections into the various chapters of the Western zone of the Association of Nigerian…
Maersk Group rolls out improved maternity benefits worldwide
Maersk Group has announced the introduction of a new maternity policy that is aimed at increasing…
Court remands 12 oil thieves nabbed by Navy
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the prison remand of a gang of…
Maiden African maritime journalists conference to hold in Ghana
The inaugural edition of a continent-wide forum for maritime journalists, content owners and publishers based in…
Why Nigeria may continue to suffer from CBN forex restriction
President, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) Eugene Nweke has said that Nigeria’s over…