Transport Workers: Don’t Use COVID-19 As Excuse To Cut Seafarers’ Wages

Transport Workers: Don’t Use COVID-19 As Excuse To Cut Seafarers’ Wages

At a time when seafarers are keeping the world moving, COVID-19 cannot be used as an excuse to lower the wage and working conditions of seafarers, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said. Seafarers are vital employees because they keep...
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IMO, Customs, Others Seal Partnership On Maritime Digitalization

IMO, Customs, Others Seal Partnership On Maritime Digitalization

A new partnership between the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the World Customs Organization (WCO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has been signed to support the...
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Export Restrictions: Fighting COVID-19 With Hands Tied

Export Restrictions: Fighting COVID-19 With Hands Tied

By Pamela Coke-Hamilton and Ralf Peters —  COVID-19 is a harsh test not only to the world’s healthcare systems, but also to our trading relationships. We are at a point where the world has already lost hundreds of thousands of...
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UNCTAD Unveils Ten-Point Road Map For Seaports, Customs, Transporters

UNCTAD Unveils Ten-Point Road Map For Seaports, Customs, Transporters

As countries adopt radical measures to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control, international trade and transport systems are under tremendous stress. Early evidence shows that international trade is collapsing, threatening access to goods and critical su...
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Seaport Authorities Vow To Sustain Trade

Seaport Authorities Vow To Sustain Trade

Twenty port authorities from different parts of the world on Monday  signed a declaration calling for collaboration and sharing of best practices in ensuring port operations remain open to trade as part of the global efforts to fight the COVID-19...
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Seaport Terminal Operators Boost COVID-19 Relief Fund With N700m

Seaport Terminal Operators Boost COVID-19 Relief Fund With N700m

As part of its contributions to curtail the spread of Coronavirus  Disease (COVID-19), Seaport Concessionaires under the aegis of Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) have collectively donated the sum of N700million to the Federa...
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World’s Largest Containership Begins Maiden Voyage

World’s Largest Containership Begins Maiden Voyage

The 24,000 TEU HMM Algeciras, the world’s largest containership, has headed out to sea on its maiden voyage. The ship left Geoje, Korea following its naming ceremony on April 23 setting sail for China. It departed from the port of...
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COVID-19: Terminal Operator Rolls-Out Digital Platforms

COVID-19: Terminal Operator Rolls-Out Digital Platforms

Dubai-based terminal operator, DP World has launched a plethora of online logistics tools and services enabling businesses to book shipments of cargo by any combination of sea, land, and air.The company said the roll-out of the platforms was sped up...
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NPA Refutes Report On Staff Testing Positive For COVID-19

NPA Refutes Report On Staff Testing Positive For COVID-19

The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Saturday refuted reports alleging on of its senior staff tested positive for COVID-19.  A statement issued by Jatto A Adams, General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications said: “The Nige...
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Moon, First Lady At Naming Of World’s Largest Ship

Moon, First Lady At Naming Of World’s Largest Ship

South Korean shipping major, HMM has held a naming ceremony for the first of its twelve 24,000 TEU containerships.  The ceremony was presided by the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in and First Lady, Kim Jung-sook served as...
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COVID-19: Seaport Defers Rent For Customers

COVID-19: Seaport Defers Rent For Customers

Abu Dhabi Ports is offering a three-month rent deferment for the second quarter of the year for its customers as part of the relief measures aimed at curbing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their operations. The package also...
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Board: 2,000 Seafarers Under NSDP Awaiting Sea Time

Board: 2,000 Seafarers Under NSDP Awaiting Sea Time

The National Seafarers Welfare Board (Nigeria) says two thousand seafarers, under the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP), are still waiting for sea time.The board Chairman, Mr Kunle Folarin, made this known on Thursday on an Instagram Live program...
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Welfare Board Holds First Virtual Meeting With Nigerian Seafarers

Welfare Board Holds First Virtual Meeting With Nigerian Seafarers

The National Seafarers Welfare Board (NSWB) would today, April 23, 2020 at 11am address the challenges and fears of Nigerian seafarers offshore and ashore in the face of the COVID -19 pandemic, to provide them the necessary support for the...
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Shippers Council Implores Haulage Operators On Reduced Freight Rates At Seaports

Shippers Council Implores Haulage Operators On Reduced Freight Rates At Seaports

Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has urged haulage operators to reduce the freight rates to decongest the nation’s seaports amid COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive Secretary, Mr Hassan Bello made the appeal at a meeting with truck owners under the aegis of...
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