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Maersk: Container volume slipped in Q3
The third quarter of 2019 saw growth in the global container volumes slip to 1.5% while freight rates declined an average of 3.6% according to AP Moller –...
Buhari approves paperless cargo clearance
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has obtained the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to begin electronic clearing imported and exported goods. The...
Ali: Land borders must remain closed for long
The Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali said on Thursday that Nigeria’s land borders will remain shut for a long time, despite the...
Amaechi: If I were not from South-South, I’d have stopped Warri port dredging
The Minister of Transportation Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has hit out at youths in the Niger Delta region for not supporting government projects, saying...
AIB releases reports on incidents involving Air Peace
The Accident Investigation Bureau has released three preliminary reports on serious incidents involving three aircraft of Air Peace in 2019. The bureau also...
Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashes in Enugu
A training helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has crashed in the NAF Base in Enugu after returning from a routine training exercise. According...
Maersk’s operating results up despite lower container demand
Danish shipping major Maersk delivered an improvement in its operating results despite a lower global container demand seen in the quarter ended September 30,...
Drewry: Higher BAF charges to arrive ahead of IMO 2020
With the enforcement date of the IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulation now only 6 weeks away, shippers and forwarders are starting to get their cheque-books out to help...
Truck driver docked for theft
A truck driver, Chinedu Anthony, was on Thursday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing one Iveco truck and a 40-foot empty...
Train derails, catches fire in Bangladesh
Rail services in parts of Bangladesh including capital Dhaka were on Thursday suspended after six compartments of a train derailed following a devastating engine...
Norways doles out $4.3m for IMO GreenVoyage-2050
Norway has provided an additional NOK40 million (USD4.3. million) to the IMO-Norway GreenVoyage-2050 project, a project aiming at supporting greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Man docked for importing 13 containers of substandard cables
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded in police custody, a businessman, Ifeanyi Okoli, who allegedly imported 120,000 brands of substandard electric...
