Importers patronize port of neighbouring countries to evade correct duty payment- Customs

Deliberate attempts to evade correct duty payment has been identified as one of the major reasons…

Truck owners threaten strike over bad port access road

By Shulammite ‘Foyeku  The Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) has threatened to withdraw its members’…

Mombasa port records 1.4% increase in cargo volume 

Cargo traffic through Kenya’s biggest port, Mombasa, increased by 1.4 percent in the first half of…

EXCLUSIVE: NPA boss appoints new Port Managers

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has approved the appointment of…

‘Lagos port access road, worst road in Nigeria’

By Foster Obi Stakeholders in the maritime industry have said that the stretch of road from…

Roadworks force containerships to be rerouted from Kuwait’s main port

A major roading project in Kuwait City will see eight containership services which regularly call at…

Sifax Group sets up new terminals outside the port

  As part of the one-stop-shop vehicle importation service launched by Sifax Group recently, the company…

Bangladesh inaugurates Payra Port

Bangladesh’s Payra Bandar (Payra Port), located at the southern region of Patualhali, was inaugurated and opened for…

Shanghai port container volumes rise 5.1% in July  

The Chinese port of Shanghai has moved higher container volumes in July, according to figures from…

North Carolina port makes room for bigger ships  

As the North Carolina Ports Authority completed the expansion project of its turning basin at the Port…

Clouds gather over Greek port and shipyard cluster revival

The future was looking so bright for Greece’s Piraeus cluster at the beginning of July. Xu…

Rotterdam port first half throughput dips, earnings fall

The port of Rotterdam’s container throughput fell by 2.3% year-on-year in the first six months of…