After China raised its security warning to the highest level for ships transiting the Straits of…
Author: Ships & Ports
How to stop pirates plaguing West Africa
Remember those Somali pirates? Earlier this decade, they brazenly hijacked giant oil tankers, demanded ransoms in…
Maersk raises price for Gulf-bound containers
A.P. Moller-Maersk have joined other major container shipping companies in increasing prices for sending containers into…
Iran threatens British shipping in retaliation for tanker seizure
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for…
We’ve recovered bodies of all Lagos boat mishap victims – LASWA
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) on Friday said that all the bodies of June 29…
Rhodes-Vivour, 37 others become SAN
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has appointed three professors among the 38 new Senior Advocates…
217 passengers escape death as charger explodes on Virgin Atlantic flight
A Virgin Atlantic flight has made an emergency landing in Boston after a fire broke out…
Total Nigeria gets new Managing Director
The board of directors of Total Exploration and Production has appointed Mike Sangster as managing director/chief…
Hapag-Lloyd slams global vessel risk surcharge on Arabian Gulf cargo
German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has decided to implement a vessel risk surcharge (VRS) following recent…
Carnival Victory crewmember falls overboard off Cuba
A search operation has been launched for a 37-year-old man who fell overboard from the cruise…