Category: Maritime

Shippers Seek Conducive Trade Environment In 2022
January 2, 2022 No Responses

Shippers Seek Conducive Trade Environment In 2022

Shippers are expecting a more conducive trade environment in 2022, President, Shippers Association of Lagos (SAL), Rev. Jonathan Nicole, has said.   In a statement issued on Saturday, Nicole attributed the quest for a more conducive trade environment to the lingering...
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World’s Largest Ethane Carrier Delivered In China
December 31, 2021 No Responses

World’s Largest Ethane Carrier Delivered In China

Pacific Ineos Belstaff, the world’s largest very large ethane carrier (VLEC), has been named and delivered in China.  . The naming and delivery ceremony took place at Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry shipyard on 28 December 2021, Chi...
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World’s First Zero-Emission All-Electric Tanker Debuts
December 29, 2021 No Responses

World’s First Zero-Emission All-Electric Tanker Debuts

Japanese shipping company, Asahi Tanker has launched and named the first of its two next-generation all-electric tankers ordered in 2020.  Named Asahi, the newbuild is scheduled to enter service in Tokyo Bay as a bunker vessel in March 2022.&nbs...
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MSC Offers €5.7b To Buy Bolloré Africa Logistics
December 22, 2021 No Responses

MSC Offers €5.7b To Buy Bolloré Africa Logistics

Swiss container shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has submitted an offer to acquire 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics, comprising all of the Bolloré Group’s transport and logistics activities in Africa.  Bolloré Africa Logistics, a s...
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Panama Canal Modifies Tolls For Passenger Ships
December 22, 2021 No Responses

Panama Canal Modifies Tolls For Passenger Ships

Starting from February 2022, the Panama Canal will modify its toll structure for passenger vessels. On December 15, 2021, following the recommendation from the ACP Board of Directors, the Cabinet Council of the Republic of Panama officially approved modif...
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APM Terminals Apapa Handles 8.1m TEUs Of Containers
December 20, 2021 No Responses

APM Terminals Apapa Handles 8.1m TEUs Of Containers

APM Terminals Apapa, handled more than 8.1 million Twenty Equivalent Units (TEUs) of containers in the past 15 years.  A statement issued by Manager, Mr Steen Knudsen, explained that container volumes increased by an average of 23 per cent annually...
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NIMASA Renews Stevedoring Rates
December 20, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA Renews Stevedoring Rates

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has reduced Offshore Cargo Handling and Operations and stevedoring rates. The Director-General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, stated in Lagos on Sunday that it was in furtherance of its efforts to mitigate the...
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APM Terminals Investment In Apapa Hits N180b
December 15, 2021 No Responses

APM Terminals Investment In Apapa Hits N180b

The management of APM Terminals, Apapa, Nigeria, has invested not less than $438 million ( N180 billion) in acquisition of modern cargo handling equipment. In a statement on Tuesday, the Manager, Mr Steen Knudsen, expained that the equipment are for seam...
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New IMO Council To Elect Chair, Vice-Chair Wednesday
December 14, 2021 No Responses

New IMO Council To Elect Chair, Vice-Chair Wednesday

The newly elected council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will meet for its 126th session on 15 December and will elect its Chair and Vice-Chair for the next two years.  The assembly normally meets once every two years in r...
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Chevron Shipping commits To Emissions Reporting
December 13, 2021 No Responses

Chevron Shipping commits To Emissions Reporting

Chevron Shipping Company, a California-based marine transportation unit of oil giant Chevron, has joined the Sea Cargo Charter, a global framework that establishes a common baseline for global traders to report on CO2 emission reductions of their shipping...
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NIMASA DG Assures IGP of Support In Combating Maritime Crimes
December 9, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA DG Assures IGP of Support In Combating Maritime Crimes

Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has assured the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba of support and strengthened partnership in the fight against maritime crime.   Jamoh at a...
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Samsung Secures $622m Contract For Three New LNG Carriers
December 8, 2021 No Responses

Samsung Secures $622m Contract For Three New LNG Carriers

South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received orders for three new LNG carriers valued at  $622 million . Specifically, the shipyard received these orders from a Bermuda regional shipping company and from an Oceania regi...
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NPA Projects Full Digitisation By 2025
December 5, 2021 No Responses

NPA Projects Full Digitisation By 2025

Deliberate measures and investments are being undertaken to create a fully digital ecosystem in all the Nigeria’s port locations by 2025, Acting Managing Director,  Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko has said.    Acc...
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French Ambassador Scores Nigerian Navy High On Maritime Safety
November 27, 2021 No Responses

French Ambassador Scores Nigerian Navy High On Maritime Safety

The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Emmanuelle Blatmann, on Friday scored the Nigerian Navy high in its bid to curb maritime insecurity, especially piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Blatmann, during a courtesy visit to the Western Naval Command, said...
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