The world’s first-ever seabed mining vessel, under construction at China’s Fuijan Mawei shipyard for Singapore-based Marine…
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Somali pirates moving towards India
Somali pirates are moving their operations toward India as international task forces tighten the surveillance of shipping lines in…
EU to blacklist Iranian shipping companies again
The European Union is about to reinstate sanctions against 40 Iranian shipping companies as it turns…
Nigeria closes sea, land borders ahead of polls
The Minister for Internal Affairs, Comrade Abba Moro, has directed that all sea and land borders…
Dockworkers call off warning strike
As rightly predicted by SHIPS & PORTS DAILY in its report published yesterday, the Dockworkers Branch of the…
Jonathan meets NSDP graduates, hails capacity building initiative
The Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) received…
Shippers’ Council begs to transform into NTC
The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has pleaded with the Federal Government to ensure that the Council…
Lagos, Cape Town top world stowaway embankment ports as IMO records 61 incidents in 2014
There were 61 incidents involving 120 stowaways reported in 2014, according to International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO’s)…
Badeh inaugurates 30 gunboats, warns oil thieves
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh yesterday warned criminals, who engaged in illegal…
Singapore maritime companies pay tribute to founding PM Lee Kuan Yew
Leading Singapore maritime companies have paid tribute to the country’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew…
APM Terminals Mumbai close to completing its container weighing project
As part of its ongoing efforts to provide a safe working environment to all stakeholders, APM…
One dies in high speed ferry fire at Greek shipyard
One person has died following a fire aboard a Greek high speed ferry while docked at…