French CGT trade union port workers will join a nationwide strike against French labour reforms on…
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Shanghai port achieves 6.5% rise in August container volumes
China’s Shanghai port has recorded high container throughput in August compared to the year-ago period, according…
Panama Canal expects over 230 cruise ships in 2016-17 season
More than 230 cruise ships are expected to transit the Panama Canal during the 2016-2017 cruise season,…
Shipping record lowest level of newbuilding contracts in 20 years
Shipyards become the next victim of the deteriorating conditions in the dry bulk, container and offshore…
Indonesia opens new Priok container terminal
The first of five expansion phases at Indonesia’s Tanjung Priok port was officially inaugurated on September 13 as the…
U.S., Korea, talking solution for stranded Hanjin ships
The United States of America Commerce Department is in talks with the South Korean government on…
How Nigerian migrant gave birth on the Mediterranean Sea
A female Nigerian migrant, Faith Oqunbor was yesterday delivered of a baby boy on board a…
FG orders Navy to investigate influx of foreign trawlers into Niger Delta waters
The Federal Government has ordered the Nigerian Naval Command to investigate and stop the increasing influx…
Nigeria’s food imports bill rises to N6.6 trillion a year
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Heineken Lokpobiri, has said that Nigeria spends…
Nigerian Navy intensifies fight against maritime crime, arrests seven suspected oil thieves
A naval patrol team deployed by the Forward Operations Base (FOB) Escravos in Delta State has…
‘Lagos port access road, worst road in Nigeria’
By Foster Obi Stakeholders in the maritime industry have said that the stretch of road from…
Nigeria export full of challenges
By Foster Obi While the Nigerian government preaches diversification to boost the economy, investigation however show…