Category: Maritime

Export Restrictions: Fighting COVID-19 With Hands Tied
April 29, 2020 No Responses

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
April 28, 2020 No Responses

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
April 28, 2020 No Responses

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
April 27, 2020 No Responses

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
April 27, 2020 No Responses

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
April 27, 2020 No Responses

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
April 26, 2020 No Responses

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
April 26, 2020 No Responses

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
April 25, 2020 No Responses

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
April 23, 2020 No Responses

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
April 23, 2020 No Responses

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
April 22, 2020 No Responses

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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Free Trade Zones: NEPZA Insists On 60 Per Cent Jobs For Host Communities
April 22, 2020 No Responses

Free Trade Zones: NEPZA Insists On 60 Per Cent Jobs For Host Communities

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) is to ensure that its policy on allocation of 60 per cent of jobs in Free Trade Zones to host communities is fully implemented. Acting Managing Director of NEPZA, Mr Bitrus Dawuk, gave...
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Pirates Kidnap Eight Container Crew Members In Cotonou
April 21, 2020 No Responses

Pirates Kidnap Eight Container Crew Members In Cotonou

Eight crew members of the Portuguese-flagged containership, Tommi Ritscher are believed to have been taken by a group of pirates that boarded the ship on April 19, 2020 while the vessel was within the Cotonou anchorage area, West Africa. The...
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