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UN expects 450,000 Mediterranean Sea refugees in 2016
The U.N. refugee agency expects the number of refugees fleeing across the Mediterranean to Europe to…
Port of Hong Kong marks double-digit volume dip
Total cargo throughput at the Port of Hong Kong dropped 11% year-on-year to 68.4 million tonnes…
UK immigration policies hamper maritime industry recruitment
The widening skills gap in UK’s shore-side maritime sector is being exacerbated by the country’s restrictive…
Sweden to introduce tonnage tax
The government of Sweden has proposed the introduction of a tonnage tax system aiming to level…
Dubai courts Greek shipowners and operators
The Dubai authorities are courting Greek shipowners looking for alternatives to their homebase as they face…
EXCLUSIVE: Committee to review employment at NIMASA begins sitting
A committee set up by the Federal Ministry of Transport (FMOT) to review employments carried out…
Air Force, Navy in joint operation against maritime crimes
The Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Navy have moved against criminal activities in the nation’s…
Presidency explains why Ali was appointed Customs Comptroller-General
The need to get the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to optimise its potential as the nation’s…
Lagos trailer movement as FRSC, LCCI, others propose separate routes
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other stakeholders have called for the creation of separate…
NIMASA felicitates with new leaders of NGE
The recent emergence of a new leadership in the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has received…
Freight forwarders endorse Ali’s appointment as Customs CG
The importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN), the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria…