The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that its recently launched anti-smuggling operation against illegal importation of…
Author: Ships & Ports
Photo: Sanusi Ado Bayero and other top management
Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Sanusi Ado Bayero (centre) and other top management staff…
First freight train from China arrives in Port of Rotterdam
As China continues to develop a new “silk road” the first freight train from the country…
Cargo ships take trial run through new Suez Canal
The first cargo ships passed through Egypt’s New Suez Canal on Saturday in a test run…
French CMA CGM shipping line ready to start operation in Iran
The Marseille-based French company, CMA CGM S.A, which is the world’s third-largest shipping line in terms…
‘Blacklisted Senat Shipping shunned UN queries over N’Korea links’
Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) say that Senat Shipping & Trading blacklisted by the US…
Filipino crew repatriated after months of limbo
Twenty out of the twenty-four Filipino crew members on board MV Golden Arrow III, a Panamanian flagged-bulk carrier,…
Lithuanian shipping company dodges bankruptcy
The Government of Lithuania has struck a deal that will save its debt-laden bulk shipping company PC…
What is your assessment of Akpobolokemi’s tenure as Director General (DG) of NIMASA?
If I’m to comment on Akpobolokemi’s tenure, I think he did well as the Director General…
The slippery business of crudeoil theft
This July, scandals seem to be climbing on top of each other in the oil industry…
Fighting piracy by promoting maritime security
In recent years, the international community has successfully come together to address the threat of criminal…
Quelling the growing threat of sea piracy in the Niger Delta
Since Nigeria is an oil dependent economy, it goes without saying that the nation should watch…