Officials say they discovered seven bodies of African migrants who died from suffocation after being locked…
Author: Ships & Ports
US Coast Guard impounds $32.5m cocaine off Puerto Rico
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) seized about 1,100 kilograms of cocaine in San Juan, Puerto…
Blast at China petrochemical plant kills 8, injures 9
An explosion rocked a petrochemical plant in China’s eastern province of Shandong on Monday, killing eight…
Australia bans cargo ship from ports
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Papua New Guinea-flagged cargo ship Kiunga Chief from…
ICS pledges shipping’s commitment to Paris Agreement, says Trump has no impact
The maritime industry is fully committed to “green growth” as shown by the fact the IMO…
HMM’s Asia-US volumes surge by 67%
South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has seen a 67% year-on-year rise in its Asia-US volume…
Korea’s big three yards land $9.4bn in new orders in first five months
The embattled big three South Korean shipyards struggling to stay afloat amid the shipbuilding downturn are…
Do you see this administration transforming the railway to its former days?
Railway system has been grossly neglected in Nigeria. This is largely due to its inability to…
Security agencies are making truck operators’ lives difficult – Ogungbemi
Chief Remi Ogungbemi started his career as a motorboy more than 50 years ago. Today, he…
Electracy and the modern family
By Bolaji Akinola The world is not changing; I think it has changed substantially. The…
Smooth sailing on the high seas
A shipowner seeking finance in Hong Kong has a plethora of choices including debt financing from…
Illegal importation of arms into Nigeria
On May 23 this year, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) announced that it intercepted a container…