Average vessel operating costs rose for the second year in a row following two years of…
Author: Ships & Ports
Truck driver in court for manslaughter
A 35-year-old truck driver, Ahamadu Lagbo, was on Monday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court for…
Man, naval officers assault truck driver
A 21-year-old man, identified as Jubrin Hassan, was on Monday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court…
Taiwan ports to enforce 0.5% sulphur cap from 2019
Taiwan’s seaports will enforce the use of 0.5% sulphur content fuel from 1 January 2019, ahead…
‘No threat of terrorist attack at Lagos airport’
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said that the…
Navy arrests smugglers, impounds 1,706 bags of smuggled rice
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, FOB, Ibaka, Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State…
It’s time to review salaries of Customs officers
On November 23, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) announced that its officials had intercepted and impounded…
Should the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) be scrapped?
It is a total capital flight of our scarce resources. We have maritime schools that are…
Mindless importation fuels underdevelopment
By Ace Omozuwa The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, while speaking on Thursday last week…
Harmattan haze: NCAA cautions pilots, airline operators
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned Pilots and airline operators to observe safety precautions…
European Commission backs Port of Antwerp on aid to container terminals
Reductions in compensation payments given by the state-owned Port of Antwerp to two container terminal operators…