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January 16, 2020 No Responses

Shanghai Maintains Position As World’s Top Container Seaport

China’s Shanghai port has retained its rank as the world’s busiest container port, having handled 43.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units last year, Xinhua reports citing Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong.Shanghai has held its top-dog position for the past ten years and...

January 16, 2020 No Responses

Firm Receives 1st LNG-Powered Tanker

Marine Vicky, Singapore’s first LNG-fueled bunker tanker, has been delivered to its owner, Sinanju Tankers Holdings.The 8,000 dwt newbuild, which was named in September 2019, was built at Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China. Featuring a length of 102.8 meters a...

January 15, 2020 No Responses

NPA Photo News

Standing Middle: Representative of the Managing Director of NPA and the Executive Director, Marine & Operations, Dr. Sokonte Huttin Davies on his immediate left are Managing Director, Brawal Service Company, Etugbo Charles, Representative of General Manage...

January 15, 2020 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Seeks optimisation Of Lilypond Park

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Tuesday called for proper optimisation of the Lilypond Park to reduce congestion on the Apapa port access roads. Mr Hassan Bello, NSC Executive Secretary, made the call at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos on...

January 12, 2020 No Responses

Firm Secures Contract For Another FPSO Vessel

Japanese FPSO supplier, MODEC has signed a contract with Woodside Energy to supply a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Senegal’s first offshore oil development project. MODEC currently operates three FPSOs in Ghana and Côte ...

January 9, 2020 No Responses

Dakuku: Honour For Maritime Stakeholders Will Encourage More Investors

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to again honour stakeholders at the annual dinner and awards night scheduled to take place in Lagos on Saturday, January 18, 2020. This is as the Director General of the...

January 3, 2020 No Responses

Hyundai Secures $280m Orders For Two Ships

Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, part of South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, has received two new orders that have a combined worth of KRW 323.7 billion (USD 280.2 million). Under the first deal, the shipbuilder will build a very...

January 2, 2020 No Responses

Feeder Ship Operators Fault Amended Dockers’ Clause

European short-sea and feeder ship operators are challenging efforts by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to redefine container lashing as a cargo handling activity in order to bring it under the control of unionized dockers. The redefini...

December 27, 2019 No Responses

South Africa Decries Slow Growth Of Ship Registry

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is disappointed with the slow growth of the South African Ship Registry, ascribed partly to lack of common vision and understanding among state entities. “We started the year with enthusiasm, hoping that by...

December 26, 2019 No Responses

Tanker Thwarts Pirate Attack In Nigeria

Turkish Suezmax tanker Istanbul on Tuesday December 24, 2019 foiled a pirate attack while sailing some 180 nautical miles southwest of Brass, Nigeria. The ship was approached by a high-speed craft with 9 armed men aboard trying to board the...

December 19, 2019 No Responses

Firm Takes Delivery Of 1st LNG Carrier

Dubai-based Tristar Group has taken delivery of its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker, the 2008-built Tristar Ruby. Formerly known as the British Ruby, the 155,000 cbm tanker was bought from French company Societe Generale, according to data provided by...

December 18, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Takes Delivery Of Special Mission Vessel

As part or measures to broadly tackle insecurity in Nigeria’s waterways, up to the Gulf of Guinea, the country has taken delivery of the first special mission vessel under the Deep Blue Project.Chairman of the Project Monitoring Team for the...

December 17, 2019 No Responses

Ports & Cargo Acquires Five Cranes, Ten Terminal Tractors, Others

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com As part of measures to position itself as a first-choice terminal for importers, exporters and shippers in Nigeria and West Africa, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, the flagship company of SIFAX Group, has acquired som...

December 13, 2019 No Responses

Seaport: Nigeria Loses N600b Monthly To Gridlock

The Federal Government says it has concluded plan to engage relevant stakeholders to address the persistent gridlock at the nation’s ports. Rep. Victor Akinjo, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, made this kno...

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