Panama’s ports moved 3.3 million TEUs (20-foot container equivalents) during the first semester, or a 1.3%…
Author: Ships & Ports
Crude tankers dominate new building orders in 2014
The emergence of private equity and hedge funds in shipping over the past 18 months, has…
Containers clutter roads in Tokyo Port area
The Tokyo Port area is expected to host many facilities for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and…
Customs seizes 11,264 bags of rice in one operation
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday recorded a spectacular seizure…
75% of marine insurance papers fake, says NIA
The Nigerian Insurance Association (NIA) has revealed that it will introduce an electronic registration system to…
SALS visits GDNL, seek support for port order
Determined to enforce a new port order, the Shippers Association Lagos State (SALS) visited Dangote Port…
Finance Ministry pays oil marketers N24.7bn
The Ministry of Finance has released list of oil marketers whose subsidy claims had been paid…
Forte Oil, Aiteo Group, others scramble to acquire Oando’s downstream assets
Forte Oil Plc, one of the nation’s petroleum products marketing company and Chief Benny Peters’ Aiteo…
September 24 Front Picture
A Customs anti-smuggling patrol team led by Controller, Federal Operations Unit, Deputy Comptroller Turaki Usman at…
Sekimizu to step down next year over wife’s ailment
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Secretary-General, Koji Sekimizu has announced he will not seek reappointment when his…
Malta denies entry to ship over Ebola fears
Bulk carrier MV Western Copenhagen has been denied entry into Maltese territorial waters amid suspicion that one of…
Man arrested in Ireland for stabbing fellow crew member aboard cargo ship
A crewmember of a Liberian-flagged cargo ship has been arrested in Ireland for stabbing another crewmember…