Maritime
16 Oct 2015
Worried by the loss of productive man hours and adverse effects on port operation, Ships & Ports Communication Company has sent individual letters to the nation’s 468 Federal Lawmakers asking them to take legislative action to end the perennial Apapa gridlock.
16 Oct 2015
FORMER Executive Director, Finance and Administration of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Adetola Atekoja has been named the Chairman, Board of Directors of the Maritime Microfinance Bank (MMFB) Limited.
16 Oct 2015
AS part of measures to facilitate export activities, the Federal Government and private investors should put in place adequate ports infrastructure, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Habib Abdullahi has said.
16 Oct 2015
MORE stakeholders in Nigeria’s maritime sector have continued to lament the negative impact of the drop in price of crude oil in the international market.
16 Oct 2015
Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hamed Ibrahim Ali (rtd), has reiterated his commitment to tackle corruption.
16 Oct 2015
The theme for World Maritime Day 2015 is “Maritime education and training”. The theme was adopted to focus attention on the wider spectrum of maritime education and training
16 Oct 2015
THE China COSCO Holdings Company Limited has placed an order for construction of eleven 19,000 TEU (Twenty foot Equivalent Unit) container ships at compatriot shipbuilders worth a total of $ 1.5. billion.
7 Oct 2015
THE Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja has impounded a truck carrying five thousand and twenty (5,020) cartons of smuggled frozen poultry products along Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway.
7 Oct 2015
THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Navy have resolved to deepen their collaboration with the aim of providing a safe and secured maritime environment for shipping activities.
7 Oct 2015
THE Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, has advised relevant agencies in Nigeria to put in place comfortable business environment as part of measures to attract and ensure a vibrant sea trade.
30 Sep 2015
MORE than half of the fuel savings generated from larger ships were due to design changes for slowespeeds, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said. The group suggested that fuel savings among mega-boxships come more from slow-steaming and less from its larger vessel size. According to d Vancouver’s Ship & Bunker, the…
30 Sep 2015
THE Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in collaboration with stakeholders in the maritime sector has initiated fresh step aimed at curtailing importation of substandard products into the country. According to SON, the step involves use of e-platform and integration of its services and certificates into the Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System (NICIS). Besides, the agency…
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