Category: Maritime

Crude Shipments Resume From Pemex Floating Storage Unit
July 18, 2020 No Responses

Crude Shipments Resume From Pemex Floating Storage Unit

An oil production and storage vessel, operated by Mexican state oil firm Pemex in the Gulf of Mexico, has resumed crude shipments. This is after a tanker collision halted exports earlier this month, according to a person with knowledge of...
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ITF: 600,000 Seafarers Impacted By Crew Change Crisis
July 18, 2020 No Responses

ITF: 600,000 Seafarers Impacted By Crew Change Crisis

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) estimates that there are now approximately 300,000 seafarers trapped working aboard ships due to the crew change crisis caused Covid-19 border and travel restrictions, and an equal number of unemployed se...
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NPA: 21 Ships Discharging Petrol, Frozen Fish, Others At Lagos Seaports
July 17, 2020 No Responses

NPA: 21 Ships Discharging Petrol, Frozen Fish, Others At Lagos Seaports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday disclosed that 21 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging petroleum products and food items. NPA in its publication, `Shipping Position’, listed the contents of the ships as frozen fish, general cargo, contain...
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MSC Ship Loses 20 Containers Off South Africa
July 16, 2020 No Responses

MSC Ship Loses 20 Containers Off South Africa

Earlier this week, a containership operated by Swiss shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) lost more than 20 containers overboard during stormy weather in Algoa Bay near the city of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, the South African Maritime Safety ...
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NIMASA Directs Registered Stevedoring Firms To Commence Operation
July 15, 2020 No Responses

NIMASA Directs Registered Stevedoring Firms To Commence Operation

The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has directed all duly registered stevedoring companies with operational areas allotted by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), which are yet to start operation, to mobilise to the...
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Firm Implores EU On Approval For Turkish Ship Recycling Yards
July 15, 2020 No Responses

Firm Implores EU On Approval For Turkish Ship Recycling Yards

Ship recycling yards in Turkey that are compliant with safety and environmental requirements of the European Union are full until the end of the year, Clarksons Platou Shipbroking said in a report. The report indicated that there is limited space...
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Singapore, London, Shanghai,Top New List Of Most Important Shipping Hub
July 13, 2020 No Responses

Singapore, London, Shanghai,Top New List Of Most Important Shipping Hub

The 2020 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index has been published by the Baltic Exchange, in collaboration with Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency. The index, in its seventh edition, provides an independent ranking of the perf...
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Maritime Agencies Adopts Modalities To Address Overlapping Functions
July 12, 2020 No Responses

Maritime Agencies Adopts Modalities To Address Overlapping Functions

Parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Transportation have agreed on modalities for handling areas of overlap in their responsibilities. Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this in...
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Olugbade: Barge, Off Docks Will Aid Port Decongestion
July 10, 2020 No Responses

Olugbade: Barge, Off Docks Will Aid Port Decongestion

Captain Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Director, SIFAX Off Dock, has urged all the stakeholders in the maritime sector to adopt the option of barge transportation for the movement of consignments from the Lagos ports. Olugbade said the challenges of congestion a...
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ILO Welcomes COVID-19 Seafarers’ Rights Agreement
July 10, 2020 No Responses

ILO Welcomes COVID-19 Seafarers’ Rights Agreement

The International Labour Organization has expressed support for new international measures to protect the rights of seafarers, stranded at sea because of the COVID-19 crisis .It welcomed a joint statement  signed by more than a dozen countries that gives ...
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Maritime Stakeholders Implore US, UK, UAE, Others On Crew Change Crisis
July 10, 2020 No Responses

Maritime Stakeholders Implore US, UK, UAE, Others On Crew Change Crisis

Thirteen countries have committed to facilitating crew changes and achieving key worker designation for seafarers, following a virtual ministerial summit hosted by the UK government July 9, 2020. This step is said to represent a significant progres...
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CMA CGM Introduces New Rules To Prevent Trafficking
July 10, 2020 No Responses

CMA CGM Introduces New Rules To Prevent Trafficking

French container shipping major CMA CGM has unveiled new steps to fight illicit trafficking in protected species and said it is tightening its shipment control procedures. The shipping and logistics group is reinforcing its procedures for shipping protected sp...
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Maersk Sells Containership For Green Recycling
July 9, 2020 No Responses

Maersk Sells Containership For Green Recycling

Maersk, owner and operator of the world’s largest container shipping fleet, has sold a 9, 640 TEU containership Sine Maersk for demolition in Turkey. The 22-year-old containership has a market value of $ 11.69 million, according to the data from...
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MSC Joins Smart Maritime Network
July 9, 2020 No Responses

MSC Joins Smart Maritime Network

Container shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has joined the Smart Maritime Network, an industry membership group focused on increasing the compatibility, standardization, and harmonization of the technology used in the shipping industry. “Wh...
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