The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, marginally…
Author: Ships & Ports
Cosco targets 2m TEUs by 2018
China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco) has revealed its plans to hit a two million TEUs operational…
Panama Canal draft restrictions likely in April
Based on weather forecasts and water consumption estimates for the upcoming months, the Panama Canal is…
What is your take on the introduction of minimum standard for trucks operating at the port by NPA?
It is the best thing that can ever happen to truck operations. What NPA is doing…
50% local content achievable in 10 years –Jadesinmi
In this interview, the Managing Director of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), Dr. Amy Jadesinmi, speaks…
Will biofuels become a significant alternative fuel for shipping?
By Marcus Hand from Singapore When it comes to alternative fuel for ships LNG and batteries have received the…
Devaluation is the lesser evil
Written By Bolaji Akinola Professor Wole Soyinka, in his prison notes The Man Died, it was who…
Avoidable deaths on the waterways
Water transportation is relatively cheap in moving goods and persons when compared to rail and road.…
Court authorises EFCC to seize Tompolo’s assets
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court today in Lagos authorised the Economic and Financial…
EFCC seeks court order to seize Tompolo’s assets
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has applied to a Federal High Court in Lagos…
Ghanaian industrialists seek ban on Nigerian exports
Ghana has prohibited some items from entry into its domain, following Nigeria’s footsteps that restricted 41…
IG issues order for Tompolo’s arrest
The Inspector-General of Police Solomon Arase said that his men have been ordered to arrest ex-Niger…