By Jonathan Saul In October last year, bulk carrier CS Caprice was shipping a cargo…
Author: Ships & Ports
New generation ‘megaships’ worsening overcapacity
By John Kemp Container shipping lines are poised to take delivery of a new generation…
China probes shipping companies over excessive charges
China is probing shipping companies over allegations that they have been levying arbitrary and excessive…
Global threats to maritime industry far from eradicated
Global threats to the maritime industry are far from eradicated, and the need to regulate…
Egypt to pay $1bn for France’s mistral warships
France has agreed to sell two Mistral helicopter carriers to Egypt for 950 million euros…
We are not recruiting, auctioning, Customs warns
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has stated that it is neither recruiting nor auctioning seized…
14 suspected oil thieves face trial
14 suspected pipeline vandals arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abia…
‘Nigeria losing money from exporting non-tested commodities’
The Director General of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr Joseph Odumodu, has said that…
Ex-militant seek empowerment, threaten to attack ExxonMobil, pipelines
Ex-militants under the aegis of the Bakassi Freedom Fighters in Akwa Ibom State have expressed…
Customs seize fake tyres worth N20m
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has confiscated about 5,000 fairly used tyres worth over 20 million…
Cocaine found on board German boxship
The Mexican navy found some 169.5 kilograms of cocaine inside a container, which was unloaded from…
IMO hosts school children for World Maritime Day
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) appears to be taking the imperative of getting young people…