24 seafarers kidnapped in Nigeria as pirate attacks drop to 21-year low in H1

The number of piracy incidents worldwide reported to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in the first…

Navy launches Operation Tsare Teku II to check pirate attacks on ships

The Nigerian Navy on Saturday deployed 10 war ships in a massive operation aimed to stop…

2 die as tanker explosion rocks Apapa-Oshodi expressway 

Two people have been confirmed dead as a tanker conveying petroleum product exploded on Monday at…

FG pledges effective implementation of AU’s governance on cleaner oceans

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has pledged the Federal Government’s implementation of the African Union…

Obasanjo, Tinubu, others blame visa regime for poor African trade

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that the visa regime operating across Africa was one of the…

Containership damaged while transiting Panama Canal new locks 

A neopanamax containership has suffered a gash to its hull after bumping into the wall of…

Trump threatens to withdraw U.S from WTO

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to pull the U.S. out of the…

High customs duty: LCCI demands removal of barriers to businesses 

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has planned to take up with the authorities…

Four Alang shipbreaking yards get EU compliance certificates 

IRClass Systems and Solutions, an entity promoted by Indian Register of Shipping, has issued EU ship…

Seafarers’ charity steps in to help abandoned Russian crews  

Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) in Poland stepped in to assist 59 abandoned Russian seafarers who…

Port of Barcelona container traffic up 13% in first half

Handling of container traffic through the port of Barcelona reached more than one million TEUs (twenty…

Baltic Exchange sets out new agreement with shipbroker panellists  

Baltic Exchange has sent a new agreement to all its panelists that should pave the wave…