Don’t pay ransom to pirates, Indonesian VP tells ship owners

Indonesia’s Vice President Jusuf Kalla has urged the employers of crewmen that have been taken hostage…

Philippine Ports Authority allocates $127m to expand ports

Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is earmarking PHP6bn ($127m) this year to expand government-owned ports across the…

Expanded Panama Canal regains Asia – US East Coast top spot

The Panama Canal had lost ground to the Suez Canal in recent years as container lines…

Behold NPA’s first female Managing Director

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday jolted many maritime industry operators as he approved the appointment of Ms.…

Nigeria seeks technical cooperation with IMSO to enhance LRIT

Nigeria has sought greater technical cooperation with the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO) to enhance the…

English law remains favourable in maritime trade even after Brexit

London-based legal firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has issued a briefing paper on the potential…

Customs seizes N1bn contraband goods

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri has continued to beam…

NLNG takes delivery of $1.6bn ships

Five of the six ships ordered by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) Limited have…

Customs generate N695.2m in Seme

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, on Monday said it generated N695.2 million as revenue…

Lack of functional national transportation policy jeopardises road transport system

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Tuesday that the lack of a functional national…

UK finds Turkish crew guilty of smuggling cocaine

The Turkish captain and first officer of an ocean going tug boat have been found guilty…

Asian maritime crimes drop by 64%

Piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia saw a decrease of 64 percent in the…