BP gets 30 days to make $1bn Deepwater Horizon compensation payment

The New Orleans District Judge Carl J. Barbier yesterday gave a 30-day deadline to BP to pay USD1…

UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch releases 2014 annual report

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued its annual casualty and incident report, providing…

IMO, UNDP, GEF sign funding agreement on GloMEEP

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme…

Florida family hauls USD1m treasure from sunken Spanish armada

A Florida family who has hunted treasure for years found more than $1 million worth of…

Singapore court rejects interpleader application under OW Bunker case

A Singapore Court has has ruled that application for interpleader relief from 13 shipowners and charters…

Five ferry companies get $53.1m in EU grants to fit scrubbers

Five European ferry companies have won EU grants totaling EUR48m ($53.2m) to fit scrubbers to their…

DP World unveils Jebel Ali T4 as Europe and Middle East lead growth

Volume growth in Europe and the Middle East led a 4.2% global rise in container handling…

Carnival sending more ships to China

Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise ship company, says it will add two additional ships to…

Nigerian Customs blacklists GTB, Fidelity, Diamond banks

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended three commercial banks from collecting customs duties over their…

EFCC arraigns vessel crew members over bunkering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the crew members on board a vessel,…

Eight pupils drown in Akwa Ibom river

Eight pupils, who were returning from a primary school in Ikot Abia-Enyie in Nsit Atai Local…

NLC charges FG on transparency, ahead of subsidy removal

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, yesterday urged the Federal Government to…