By Julian Lee Some U.S. oil policies are likely to shift significantly when Donald Trump assumes…
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IMO cuts the bottom out of the barrel
“More details to follow.” Those were the first words on the International Maritime Organization’s Twitter page…
China is demanding cleaner shipping – so should the rest of the world
Last year, in response to growing awareness of severe air pollution problems in China’s coastal cities,…
Taking Centre Stage: Seaborne Trade’s Key Role
Shipping plays a major role in the world’s industries, facilitating the transport of large volumes of…
Massive movement of cargo by rail not yet a reality
There are indications that the call for a more organised intermodal approach to facilitate movement of…
A Case for auctioning process; re-arrests of containers by Customs
Before now, most stakeholders especially those that witness the clearing of consignments at ports had quarrelled…
Stimulating export as economic diversification strategy
The Non-Oil Export Stimulation Facility (ESF) was established by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to…
Nigerian shipping fleet as viable economic diversification option
By Samson Echenim As the federal government mulls possible options to reposition the economy, analysts have suggested that…
Hanjin bankruptcy: How low interest rates are brewing a shipping crisis worse than the 1980s
The recent collapse of South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Company highlights the difficulties of the shipping industry…
Nigerian shipping fleet as viable economic diversification option
By Samson Echenim As the federal government mulls possible options to reposition the economy, analysts have suggested that…
Hanjin’s Fall: The good, the bad, and the ugly
By Andy Mukherjee and David Fickling Depending on whom you ask, South Korea’s largest container-shipping…
What causes seasickness? A glitch in the brain
By Dean Burnett A lot of people, when they travel by car, ship, plane or whatever,…