Somali pirates killed as hijacked boat is freed

A boat held by Somali pirates has been freed after a gun battle, fishermen and witnesses…

11 missing after Panama-flagged ship sinks off Philippines

Eight people have been rescued and eleven are still missing from the ill-fated Panama-flagged M/V Fortune Life…

Nearly 100 saved in ferry accident off Batam

All passengers are accounted for after their Indonesia-registered ferry Sea Prince hit a floating object off Batam…

Russian oil tanker grounded in north Pacific

Russian emergency services say cleanup operations are underway after an oil tanker was grounded, damaging one…

Panama Canal leaks to be repaired in January

The repairs on the recent leaks detected in the newly constructed third set of locks of…

Singapore shipowners welcome extension to shipping block exemption

The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has welcomed the decision by the Singapore government to extend an…

Amaechi orders probe of MAN Oron over N18bn funds

  The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi last week ordered the immediate audit of the accounts…

Pirates kidnap five Polish sailors off Nigeria

  Gunmen have kidnapped five Polish sailors from a cargo ship off southern Nigeria, in the…

Clearing agent jailed two years over N320,000 fraud

  An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 32-year-old clearing agent, Olabamiji Samson, to two…

IMO Assembly elects new 40-member Council, confirms new Sec-Gen

  The Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on Friday elected the following States to…

Navy arrests boat with tons of stolen crude oil

  The Nigerian Navy in the Delta state has arrested a self propelled barge loaded with…

Illegal Oil Bunkering: Court admits vessel, MT Anuket Emerald as exhibit

Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos has admitted MT Anuket Emerald, a vessel allegedly…