DP World handled 44.8m teu in the first nine months of 2014, a 9% increase over…
Author: Ships & Ports
Ship operating costs to rise by 3% in two years
Shipowners and managers expect that vessel operating costs, lead by crewing and repairs, will increase 2.9%…
Chinese court to auction Shandong Huahai vessel
China’s Qingdao Maritime Court has announced that it will auction a 36,000-dwt multi-purpose cargo vessel that…
Liberian Registry backs IMO advice on Ebola virus
The Liberian Registry has come out in full support of the International Maritime Organization’s recommendation that…
Ships warned that piracy still exists
Merchant vessels and yachts have begun sailing dangerously close to a still volatile Somali coastline posing…
I ‘m not dead – Abiye Sekibo
A former Minister of Transport, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, yesterday debunked speculations of his death, which made…
NIMASA raises alarm over fraudulent sales of NSDP forms
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) yesterday alerted the public on the activities of…
Ghana to cut gas import from Nigeria
Ghana has announced plans to significantly reduce the quantity of gas it purchases from Nigeria in…
Senate set to adopt 78 dollars oil benchmark for 2015 fiscal year
The Senate is set to adopt the proposed 78 dollars as the country’s oil price benchmark…
Lilypond command laments lull in business activities
The Lilypond Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has lamented that the lull in…
Ban on packaged sugar imports yields N500bn investment
The decision of the federal government to place a ban on the importation of fully processed…
Jonathan approves 4% collection cost for DPR
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the retention of four per cent cost of collection by the…