CMPort to buy 50% stake in Newcastle port

Hong Kong’s China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) plans to acquire a 50% stake in…

Smugglers holding migrants feared drowned in Libya shipwreck- Official

About 20 people feared to have drowned on a boat that sank off Libya late last…

Cargo palletization will cost Nigeria N18.6bn annually, aid cargo diversion

  At a Town Hall Meeting organised by leading maritime media consulting firm, Ships & Ports…

NPA generated N300bn in 2017

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said it generated N299.56 billion in 2017 – its highest revenue in…

Pirates release MT Marine Express hijacked off Cotonou 

By Jite Eriabie  Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea have released a Panama-flagged oil tanker and…

Italy arrests lawyer, professors for tampering with Malabu probe 

Italian investigators have arrested 15 people, including Piero Amara, a popular lawyer in the country, and…

Osinbajo commissions EGRP Focus Labs  

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the Economic and Growth Recovery Plan (ERGP) Focus Laboratories…

Two NDDC contractors kidnapped in Bayelsa

  Suspected gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two contractors working on one of the Niger Delta Development…

African migrants in Israel opt for jail over deportation

At a detention centre in Israel’s Negev desert, African migrants facing deportation say they would rather…

Head of Cosco shipping shot dead in Pakistan

By Jite Eriabie  The head of Cosco in Pakistan has been shot dead in what police…

No turning back on 0.5% sulphur cap, says IMO Sec-Gen

By Jite Eriabie  Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Ki-Tack Lim, has underscored the organisation’s…

Nigeria Airways ex-workers protest non-release of N45bn pension

By Oluwatoyin Amao  Erstwhile workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways on Tuesday staged a protest at the…