The small island nation of Seychelles has acquitted three previously convicted Somali pirates and has ordered…
Author: Ships & Ports
ITF warns of worker exploitation in Australia
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling on the Australian government to improve labour regulations…
ICS ends opposition to ballast water convention after IMO progress
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) will no longer actively discourage the ratification of the Ballast…
Italian shipping firm to pay $2.75m fine over magic pipe pollution case
An Italian shipping firm has pleaded guilty and agrees to pay a $2.75 million criminal penalty…
DP World moves in on Jebel Ali Free Zone
The shareholders of the DP World approved the acquisition of Economic Zones World FZE, owner of…
Nigeria’s January crude oil cargoes struggle to clear on weak demand
Nigerian crude cargoes for January loading are struggling to sell with almost half of the program…
Two lay claim to NAGAFF PTML chapter chairman seat
Goodluck Onuaji and George Okafor, both members of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders…
Ex-militants protest non-payment of allowances in Bayelsa
Hundreds of ex-militant leaders and their foot soldiers yesterday took to the streets of Yenagoa, Bayelsa…
SON destroys N5bn sub-standard goods in 2014
With the destruction of another batch of sub-standard goods worth N500 million by the Standards Organisation…
Customs FOU intercepts bush meat loaded truck, generates N658m
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service, Zone ‘B’, has intercepted a trailer…
Customs reinstates First Bank as duty collecting bank
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday unblocked and reinstated the First Bank of Nigeria Plc as its…
FG awards N12bn contracts for sea port projects in Lagos, Makurdi
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a 59-million-dollar (N9 billion) contract for the construction of Berth…