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Sudan faces food shortage as protesters blockade port 

October 5, 2021
Ships & Ports

  Sudan is about to run out of essential medicine, fuel and wheat after political protests…

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Greenpeace activists block Shell’s refinery in Port of Rotterdam

October 5, 2021
Ships & Ports

  Dozens of Greenpeace activists in Rotterdam port used a ship, buoys, and a small flotilla of…

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Sanwo-Olu says Nigeria must consolidate position as maritime hub 

October 4, 2021
Ships & Ports

  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said Nigeria must take deliberate steps to optimise its…

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Sexual assault scandal rocks US Merchant Marine Academy 

October 4, 2021
Ships & Ports

  The U.S. Department of Transportation and Maritime Administration is taking a serious look into an…

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Vietnam eyes $13.7bn port upgrade to boost trade

October 4, 2021
Ships & Ports

  Vietnam needs VND313 trillion ($13.77 billion) by 2030 to upgrade and optimize its port system…

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Buhari commends NPA’s electronic call-up system 

October 2, 2021
Oluwatoyin Amao

  President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commended the implementation of the electronic call-up system set up by…

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Customs seeks reduction in cargo dwell time

October 2, 2021
Oluwatoyin Amao

  The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has asked stakeholders in the…

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Amaechi stops NIMASA salary increase, vows to sack CRFFN Registrar, others

October 1, 2021
Tosin Aribisala

  The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday in Lagos said he would not approve…

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Koko reiterates NPA’s commitment to seafarers’ welfare 

October 1, 2021
Tosin Aribisala

    The Acting Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko, has reaffirmed…

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Court jails ex-Navy captain 13 years for defrauding bank of N45m

October 1, 2021
Ships & Ports

  Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced a…

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Liberian Registry becomes world’s largest flag for tankers

October 1, 2021
Ships & Ports

  The Liberian Registry is now the world’s largest tanker flag in terms of gross tonnage…

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Singapore jails nine for bunker fraud 

October 1, 2021
Ships & Ports

  Singapore has jailed nine for bunker fraud using mass flow meters (MFM) that had been…