Benin Republic arrest Nigerian oil-bunkering vessel, 4 suspects

A vessel and four persons were last Tuesday arrested by Benin Republic authorities after a failed…

Ebola: Liberia closes borders

Liberia closed most of its borders on Monday in a bid to halt the spread of…

July 30 Front Picture

President, Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria, Mrs. Jean Chiazor-Anishere (2nd left) with other…

July 29 Front Picture

Jonah Jang

Jonah Jang demolishes Jos inland container depot

The implementation of the Jos Inland Container Depot (ICD) has come under threat following the demolition…

Tanker hijacked off Ghana

A Kiribati-flagged tanker has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Ghana, the International Maritime Bureau…

Oil theft: Bayelsa JTF Commander pleads for more gunboats

Commander of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Bayelsa, Maj. Gen.  Emmanuel Atewe, on Saturday…

Group tackles petroleum minister over moribund refineries

A group known as #BringBackOurRefineries has called for the immediate restructuring of Nigeria’s refineries to function…

Container volumes up at DP World

DP World Limited handled 29.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container…

Typhoon washes tanker ashore in Taiwan

Product tanker Sheng Chang, sailing under the Belize flag, ran aground on a beach off the…

IMB warns on ‘worrying trend’ of small tanker hijacks in Asia

The number of piracy attacks worldwide fell in the first half 2014 according to the International…

july 28 Front Picture

The MT Hai Soon.