Owner of overloaded Bangladesh ferry arrested on murder charges

A special Bangladesh anti-crime unit on Wednesday arrested the owner of a ferry that sank in…

Reefer box capacity to rise 20% over five years

Reefer capacity available across the global container shipping fleet will increase by more than a fifth…

Angola LNG down to skeleton crew over repairs

The trading arm of Angola’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project is making deep cuts to…

Mississippi re-opens after multi-vessel collision

The Mississippi River has been re-opened to all traffic following a multiple vessel collision. The Maltese-flag…

Singapore’s July box volumes flat at 2.95m TEU

Container throughput in the port of Singapore remained unchanged in July on a year-on-year comparison, according…

Ebola: Filipino seafarers prohibited from disembarking in Nigeria, others

Filipino seafarers will not be allowed to disembark in countries in West Africa with confirmed cases…

Truck crushes motorcyclist to death in Apapa

Commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada, on Tuesday, barricaded the Mile two end of Oshodi/Apapa protesting the…

Patience Jonathan inaugurates fishing vessel in Poland

First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has inaugurated a research and fishing vessel, expected to reposition the…

Shippers’ Council seeks new regulatory powers

Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) may soon acquire new powers, far beyond what it has been noted…

JTF raids creeks in Bayelsa, recovers arms

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, on Thursday said its…

Aug 15 Front Picture

A container laden truck which broke down at Airways bus stop on Wharf Road, Apapa yesterday.

Bill Gates vacations on $330m yacht

These days, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is more concerned with helping to save the world than creating…