FG urged to boost local rice production

  A former Comptroller of Customs, Olu Ogunojemite has advised the Federal Government to improve on…

Liner reliability slides in 2017

By Jite Eriabie   Global schedule reliability of container lines deteriorated by 8.4 percentage points to 74.5%…

ICS appoints Guy Platten as new Secretary-General

By Jite Eriabie  The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has announced the appointment of Guy Platten…

Port of Los Angeles records 9.3m TEUs in 2017

By Jite Eriabie  The Port of Los Angeles last year broke its own record for the…

Qatar accedes to Ballast Water Management Convention

Qatar has become the latest state to sign up to the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Ballast…

Trump’s offshore oil drilling plan draws protest in California

Environmental activists in California on Thursday protested a Trump Administration proposal to vastly increase offshore oil drilling in…

Hyundai Heavy reports deeper loss

By Jite Eriabie   South Koran shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) ended the fourth quarter of 2017…

Greeks remain world’s largest shipowners with fleet worth $99.6bn

By Jite Eriabie   Led by Greek owners, the global fleet continued to grow in 2017, albeit…

Egina field and the senate’s value-for-money mission

By Lakinbofa Goodluck That the oil and gas industry is strategic to Nigeria’s economic performance is…

Waiting for Oando forensic audit

Bashir Ibrahim Hassan The Indian branch ofPriceWaterhouseCoopers(PwC) has beenbanned for two years, effective31st March 2018,by the…

Should government continue to subsidize fuel?

Since this year started, Nigeria has spent an excess of $5 billion (4.3 billion euros) on…

Mother abandons day old baby in airport bathroom

Authorities are looking for a mother who they believe abandoned her newborn baby at Tucson International…