Nigeria Customs collects N31.8 billion at Tin-Can Island Port
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Tin-can Island Port, Apapa Command, said it generated about N31.8 billion in August, against N28.6 billion earned in the corresponding period of 2017, a difference of...
View ArticleDakuku upholds continental collaboration as key to maritime development
…IMO, AU partner AAMA as 4th conference commences in EGYPTThe Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrations AAMA, Dr Dakuku Peterside has restated the place of continental...
View ArticleInterview: Trade structure determines participation in shipping— Iheanacho,...
Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho, Chairman Genesis Worldwide Shipping, and his son Uche at the WISTA Nigeria 2018 Business Luncheon in Lagos recently.Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho, an indigenous Ship-owner and...
View ArticleWorld's first hydrogen train rolls out in Germany
Commuters in Germany now have a chance to ride the world's first hydrogen train as the country moves to replace old diesel-powered engines. Instead of exhaust fumes, hydrogen trains produce only...
View ArticleIAPH: Buhari urges African countries to improve ports infrastructure
President Muhammadu BuhariPresident Muhammadu Buhari has advised African countries to improve on ports infrastructure and utilise all natural maritime endowments to facilitate trade.Buhari made the...
View ArticleReport: VLCC superstructure slips into water at HHI’s Ulsan facility
A superstructure block of a very large crude carrier (VLCC) being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) slipped from a barge and sank on September 15, while underway in Ulsan waters, Yonhap...
View ArticleNigerian Shippers’ Council, African Shippers’ Councils hold workshop on Port...
NigerianShippers’ Council (NSC) and the Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) will next week hold a two-day regional workshop on port concessioning in West and Central African region.The workshop...
View ArticleImproved port infrastructure pivotal to Africa’s economic growth – Buhari
The President of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR (2nd from left), the Chairman 2018 International Association for Ports and Harbours ((IAPH) Conference, and...
View ArticleAnambra Flooding: Schools shut in Ogbaru as distribution of relief materials...
All primary, post primary and tertiary schools in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra have been temporarily closed down in reaction to the flood disaster in the area.The council Chairman, Mr....
View ArticlePort Concession Agreement review to be completed in 3 Months- NPA MD
His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR (2ndfrom left), the Chairman 2018 International Association for Ports and Harbours ((IAPH) Conference, and former Head of State, General Abdusalami...
View ArticleNPA, Guangzhou Port Authority(GPA) sign MoU on efficient port operations
MD Nigeria Port Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman (right) and the Deputy Director General, Guangzhou Port Authority, China Yue Yuan (left) during the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on...
View ArticleArmed pirates abduct two crew members from fishing trawler
Pirates armed with M16 rifles boarded the fishing trawler F/B Sri Dewi 1 while the vessel was underway off eastern Sabah, Malaysia, and abducted two Indonesian crew members on September 11, 2018.The...
View ArticleUPS to team with tech firms for study on truck congestion
Dive Brief:UPS will team with a handful of tech companies — including Microsoft, Accenture, City Tech Collaborative, and HERE Technologies — for a four-month study in Chicago on the role delivery...
View ArticleTrain crushes policeman, another to death in Lagos
A police Inspector, Philip Kolo, and a commercial motorcyclist were Wednesday morning crushed to death by a train.Kolo, said to be attached to the defunct Inspector-General of Police Special Tactical...
View ArticleCustoms' Strike Force seizes 11 trucks of foreign rice in South West Nigeria
File Photo The Strike Force Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday seized 11 trucks loaded with smuggled foreign parboiled rice in the South West.The strike...
View ArticleICPC advocates joint vessel inspection by maritime agencies
…As Dakuku says transparency, integrity crucial to maritime growth The DG NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside (middle) presenting copies of the Agency’s in-house Voyage Magazine to the Director, Public...
View ArticleBuhari re-appoints Amaechi DG of his campaign organisation
Transportation Minister, Rotimi AmaechiPresident Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Hon. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as the Secretary/Director General of his campaign organization for...
View ArticleVP Osinbajo visits flood victims in Delta, Anambra
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday visited Asaba, the Delta State capital, for an assessment of the damage caused by the flooding in Delta and Anambra States’ communities.Osinbajo, was received at...
View ArticleShippers’ Council sets for new policy on freight rate, begins sensitization...
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) is set to introduce a new policy on freight rate.This was disclosed in Lagos by Otunba Seyi Oduntan, the Chairman, Sub-Committee on Freight, a statement from the...
View ArticleBayelsa, SIFAX Group to collaborate on aviation, maritime development
: L-R: Godwin Konyefa, Managing Director, Bayelsa Properties & Investment Company; Mike Owope, Executive Director, Finance, SIFAX Group; Patience Ranami Abah, Director-General, Bayelsa Investment...
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