Panama Canal rejects ITF study on safety of new locks

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has rejected a study by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF)…

Apapa Customs Controller, Willy Egbudin tasks agents, importers on integrity as command’s revenue plunges by 21%

Customs Area Controller, Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Willy Egbudin has…

44 seafarers captured as violence surges on Nigerian waters

44 seafarers have been captured so far this year amid growing violence off the coast of West…

Crime rates drop at Lagos ports

The new Commissioner of Police, Western Ports, Bansen Gwana has disclosed that crime rates at the…

Customs arrests drug peddlers

The Seme Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over two suspects – Abdullahi…

SON impounds 10,000 substandard tyres

The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) has impounded more than 10,000 used and substandard tyres in…

Amid political turmoil, Brazil’s new Ports Minister resigns

Brazil’s Ports Minister, Helder Barbalho, has resigned from the government of President Dilma Rousseff, who is…

Maersk employee freed four days after abduction in Angola

Maersk Group has released a short statement confirming that an employee in Angola was abducted and…

U.N. Security Council considers sanctions against vessel carrying crude from East Libya

The United Nations Security Council is considering sanctions on the first oil tanker to load crude…

Ocean Alliance set to be largest on Asia-Europe and transpacific trades

The new Ocean Alliance will have largest capacity share on the east-west trades from Asia to…

NTSB finds El Faro’s voyage data recorder

The voyage data recorder (VDR) belonging to the ill-fated cargo ship El Faro was located early Tuesday…

Baltic Dry Index surges to 704 points

A recent Capesize market uptick, caused by an increase in iron ore trade, higher steel prices and a rise…