13 tons of marijuana seized on board cargo vessel

Over 13 tons of marijuana were seized from a Bolivia-flagged general cargo vessel Joudi some 55 nautical miles off…

APM Terminals renovates cancer treatment centre at LUTH

APM Terminals Apapa Limited has aided the diagnosis, treatment and care for cancer patients in Nigeria…

Why EFCC is after former Customs CG, Dikko

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday raided the residence of former…

Nigerian shipowners plan to export crude oil

The Nigerian Shipowners Association has said that it is making plans to get involved in the…

Aniebonam advises Customs to form partnership with CRFFN on agents’ compliance to trade regulations

Founder National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has advised the Comptroller…

Customs FOU Zone ‘C’ records N2.7bn seizure in 2015, arrests 316 suspects

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C, Owerri of the Nigeria Customs Service recorded a total…

Ukraine to drastically overhaul customs processes in 2016

Moving containers through Ukraine ports will be significantly simpler in 2016 as a result of an…

Container shipping should expect industry-wide losses in 2016

Further widening of the supply-demand imbalance at the trade route level and insufficient measures to reduce…

Crude oil price crashes $27 per barrel

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) basket price for oil may be closer to the…

Idle containership fleet up five-fold in 2015, says Alphaliner

The idle containership fleet rose five-fold in 2015 in the face of a difficult market according…

‘Shipping not for the faint-hearted in 2016’

Shipping will remain “volatile and uncertain” in 2016 thanks to unpredictable Chinese demand and a complex…

Asian shipyards face bleak year in 2016

For many Asian shipyards, 2015 was a brutal year. This year could be even worse. With…