Bourbon Offshore: Three kidnapped from crewboat off Nigeria

French offshore services provider Bourbon Offshore confirmed yesterday that three crewmembers have been kidnapped from one of…

Navy foils pirates’ attempt to hijack ship in Lagos

Attempts by 10 suspected pirates to hijack a foreign vessel, MT IMAS was at the weekend…

Ateke Tom to Buhari: Don’t scrap amnesty programme

A former leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante, High Chief Ateke Tom, has urged the President-elect,…

Nigeria to import 2.9 million tonnes of rice

Nigeria’s rice import will drop by 3.3 per cent to 2.9 million tonnes this year, a…

Ex-Minister of Transport wants improved facilities in Kwara border areas

A former Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Bio, on Sunday decried the lack of basic health…

House Marine Transport Committee Chairman, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyo elected Enugu Governor

The Peoples Democratic Part (PDP) candidate in the April 11 governorship election Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has won…

Photo: APM Terminals Apapa scholarship award

Some undergraduates who bagged APM Terminals Apapa scholarship award in a group photograph with some staff…

Italy coast guards recover nine dead migrants, 144 survivors

The Italian coast guards recovered the bodies of nine boat migrants and 144 survivors during a…

Greenpeace activists forced off Shell oil rig

Six Greenpeace activists have been forced off one of Shell’s Arctic-bound oil rigs in the Pacific…

California fines ship manager $283,500 for sulphur non-compliance

A ship manager implicated in a 2011 case of low-sulphur non-compliance in California has been fined…

Khalifa Port sees 19% rise in ro-ro volumes in 2014

Ro-ro volumes grew 19% at Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT), Abu Dhabi, in 2014, as the…

Panama seeks to be an observer on the Tokyo MoU

Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) Administrator Jorge Barakat during a visit to Japan, formally asked the Tokyo…