Pirates have seized control of a Somali fishing boat to use as a base from which…
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Filipino pirates take two crew from RoRo ship
Armed pirates kidnapped two crewmembers from the Ro-Ro vessel Super Shuttle Roro 9 near Sibago island…
Sunken Sewol ferry raised three years after disaster
A South Korean ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing 304 people, most of them…
Colombia seizes drugs found on German boxship
Some 453 kilos of drugs were found on board a containership at the Port of Santa…
UK forwarders and Customs team up to monitor Brexit
The impact of Brexit on Customs clearance will be assessed by a high level committee of…
DP World may develop port in Somali region
The government of Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland may award a concession to DP World Ltd.…
Daewoo Shipbuilding CEO to step down if shipbuilder can’t turn profit
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd’s CEO Jung Sung-leep said he believes he should step…
Tianjin port development improves profit on higher volumes
China’s Tianjin Port Development Holdings has improved its annual net profit on the back of increased…
IMF report threatens FG’s $1.14bn foreign loan quest
Nigeria’s quest to borrow about $1.4 billion from international finance institutions may be under threat as…
Should Customs Comptroller General – Hameed Ali wear uniform?
The Customs service is an organisation that thrives on discipline and that is why it is…
Hameed Ali, Customs and the Senate
Following cacophony of angry voices that trailed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) policy on duty payments…
What’s luring pirates back into a major shipping channel?
Struggling to push his small fishing boat out to sea, Hassan Yasin grumbles over what he…