Qatar has awarded construction contracts worth $3.8bn for a new container port, which is to be…
Author: Ships & Ports
Customs redeploys Area Controllers
No fewer than a dozen Area Controllers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been redeployed in…
Falling oil prices: No more business as usual, Alison-Madueke warns
Alarmed by the fall in global oil prices, Petroleum Minister and President, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting…
Sifax Group showers cash, gift on long serving staff
The management of Sifax Group yesterday again honoured six of its staff with long service awards…
Seafarers largely unprotected from infectious diseases
Estimating the threat from infectious diseases in seafarers and identifying occupational infectious diseases requires well-designed and…
Nigeria Customs impounds N30m contraband frozen poultry — Area Controller
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Imo said it impounded 685 cartons of contraband frozen poultry…
Danish-flagged merchant fleet bigger than ever
The Danish-flagged merchant fleet has grown 13 per cent since the beginning of 2014 measured in…
DNV GL: A guide to IMO requirements from July 2014 To January 2016
Keeping updated on new and retroactive requirements from IMO/ ILO can be a challenge. Hence we…
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L-R: Ag. Managing Director, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO), Norbert Bielderman; Comptroller General of Customs, Dikko…
Video shows Captain Francesco Schettino trying to flee Costa Concordia
Prosecutors in an Italian court released video yesterday purportedly showing captain Francesco Schettino boarding a lifeboat…
UK port seizes 300kg of cocaine
Cocaine with a likely U.K. street value in excess of £40 million ($62.7 million) has been…
India: Parliament passes two bills on shipping industry, ship workers
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2013 and the Merchant Shipping (Second) Amendment, Bill 2013, which were…