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February 3, 2020 No Responses

Seaports’ Infrastructure Takes Centre Stage As Hassan Bello Briefs IMF Team

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@gotmail.com — All hands are on deck to improve state of infrastructure at Nigerian Seaports, the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, has said. Briefing a delegation of the...

January 31, 2020 No Responses

Prices Of Vehicles May Soar As NADDC Proposes 125% Import Tariff

Nigeria’s automotive sector regulator, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has proposed 100 per cent import tariff for Fully Built Units (FBUs) and 125 per cent for used cars. The Federal Government had in November 2013, raised d...

January 28, 2020 No Responses

NYK, Toyota, Others Seal Partnership On First Dedicated RoRo Terminal In Egypt

Japanese shipping company, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) will participate in a consortium that would set up and operate a dedicated automotive terminal at East Port in Egypt.On December 19, 2019, NYK and its partners Bolloré Africa Logistics and Toyota....

January 25, 2020 No Responses

NSC Visits Marine Command’s New AIG, Explains Activities

The Management of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has congratulated the newly appointed Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Marine Command, Muhammad Uba Kura on his appointment.Speaking during a courtesy visit to the AIG, NSC Director, Consumer Aff...

January 24, 2020 No Responses

Grimaldi Takes Delivery of New Car, Truck Carrier

Italian Grimaldi Group has welcomed to its fleet Grande Houston, a new pure car & truck carrier (PCTC). On January 15, 2020, Grimaldi took delivery of the third of the seven ships built the Chinese shipyard Yangfan, located in Zhoushan....

January 22, 2020 No Responses

A.P. Møller Secures Approval For Port Terminals In West Africa

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control over four project companies with concessions to build or operate port terminals in West Africa by Denmark’s A.P. Møller Capital (APMC). These include GSEZ Cargo Ports, a company operating...

January 20, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Targets Economic Growth Through Maritime

Describing the maritime sector as economic anchor, the Federal Government is targeting placing Nigeria among the first 70 countries in the World Bank Ease of Doing Business index by 2023. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr....

January 19, 2020 No Responses

Firm Seals Charter Deal With Maersk, MSC

German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd has signed a space charter agreement with the members of the 2M Alliance – Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). Under the arrangement, the space charter deal will give Hapag-Lloyd access to selected services of 2...

January 17, 2020 No Responses

Dangote: Maritime Key To Economic Development, Growth

The President of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has identified the maritime industry as key in the efforts to restimulate the Nigerian economy.Dangote made the assertion in a statement in Lagos while commenting on the country’s economic po...

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 ye...

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 ...

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