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COVID-19: UN agencies warn of humanitarian crisis facing seafarers

September 23, 2020
Ships & Ports

  United Nations (UN) agencies including the International Labour Organisation, (ILO), International Maritime Organisation (IMO), United…

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UK seizes 1,196kg of hard drugs onboard Maersk Sembawang

September 23, 2020
Ships & Ports

  1,196 kilogrammes of heroin and morphine derivatives have been recovered from containership Maersk Sembawang after…

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10 drowned, 485 migrants rescued at sea off Algeria

September 23, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Algeria said Tuesday coast guard officers had collected the bodies of 10 people drowned while…

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Ballast Equipment Manufacturers Association seeks NGO status with IMO

September 23, 2020
Ships & Ports

  The Ballast Equipment Manufacturers Association (BEMA) has applied for a NGO Consultative Status with the…

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NLC insists on Sept. 28 fuel strike 

September 22, 2020
Ships & Ports

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to proceed with its planned strike and protest…

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Court extends order restraining NPA from terminating INTELS pilotage contract 

September 22, 2020
Shulammite 'Foyeku

  The Federal High Court in Lagos has extended the interim order it earlier granted restraining…

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Petrol scarcity looms as tanker drivers begin nationwide strike 

September 22, 2020
Ships & Ports

  The Nigeria Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) on Monday ordered all its members to…

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Navy redeploys 11 Rear Admirals, 14 Commodores

September 22, 2020
Ships & Ports

  The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved new postings of…

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Lebanon finds four bodies after deadly sea crossing

September 22, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Lebanon has retrieved the bodies of four people including a child after they tried to…

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Mexico seizes ship linked to fuel theft

September 22, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Mexican authorities said on Sunday they had confiscated a vessel in the Gulf Coast state…

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World’s largest LNG bunker vessel named in Rotterdam

September 22, 2020
Ships & Ports

  The world’s largest LNG bunker vessel, Gas Agility, has been officially named at a ceremony…

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U.S. senators introduce bill for resumption of cruising

September 22, 2020
Ships & Ports

  U.S. senators Rick Scott and Senator Marco Rubio have introduced the Set Sail Safely Act in…