Police rescue migrants abandoned in truck container

Mexican federal police on Thursday rescued 29 migrants who were left in an abandoned truck container…

Helicopter crashes on houses, injures four in Cote d’Ivoire

A civilian helicopter crashed on Thursday in Port Bouet, near Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan,…

Maersk Line withdraws from TSA

By Jite Eriabie  Danish container carrier Maersk Line is withdrawing from the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA)…

European shipowners call for progress in Brexit talks

By Jite Eriabie   European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), representing European shipowners, is pushing for rapid and…

Carriers’ consolidation will continue into 2018, says Moody’s  

By Jite Eriabie  Consolidation, whether through alliances or M&A, will continue apace in the container shipping…

Iran, Oman to launch new shipping route

By Jite Eriabie   A new shipping route between Iran and Oman will be launched late December.…

LNG bunkering gets financial boost in Singapore port 

By Jite Eriabie   The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has injected additional SGD 12…

India to ratify ship recycling convention

By Jite Eriabie  The Indian government has drafted a legislation to ratify the Hong Kong Convention…

Deadly Austria gas blast likely caused by loose filter cap 

Tuesday’s blast at Austria’s Baumgarten gas hub, which killed one person and disrupted European gas flows, was…

Scores of vehicles burnt as tankers explode in Lagos, Abuja 

By Oluwatoyin Amao  No fewer than 20 vehicles were burnt when a tanker laden with petrol…

Nigerian arrested with N25.1m heroin in India 

By Jite Eriabie  Two alleged drug peddlers, including a Nigerian, have been arrested with heroin worth…

After spending N300bn, FG says East-West road designed to fail

  Nigeria’s Minister of Niger Delta, Usani Usani, has said that the East-West road in the…