Category: Maritime

Lagos Seaports To Receive 50 Ships With Petroleum Products, Food Items
May 20, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Seaports To Receive 50 Ships With Petroleum Products, Food Items

Fifty ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected at the TinCan Island Port and the Lagos Port Complex from May 20 to June 3. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in its publication, `Shipping Position’, explained...
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Cosco Shipping, Firm Seal LNG Deals
May 20, 2020 No Responses

Cosco Shipping, Firm Seal LNG Deals

Chinese shipbuilder, Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry has signed LNG cooperation agreements with compatriot Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and France’s GTT. Under the deal with Hudong-Zhonghua signed on Tuesday, the two shipbuilders aim to join forces in the fiel...
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Delta Port To Receive Nine Vessels
May 19, 2020 No Responses

Delta Port To Receive Nine Vessels

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday disclosed that nine vessels are expected to arrive at the Delta Port, Warri, between May 19 and May 30. According to NPA’s daily publication, ‘Shipping Position,’ the ships were laden with Automotive Gasolin...
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UK, Seatruck, Others Seal £35m Deal To Safeguards Critical Freight Routes
May 18, 2020 No Responses

UK, Seatruck, Others Seal £35m Deal To Safeguards Critical Freight Routes

The UK government has signed agreements with six operators to provide up to £35 million to help ensure there is enough freight capacity to prevent disruption to the flow of goods. The companies in question are Brittany Ferries, DFDS, Eurotunnel,...
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Nigeria Receives 24 Ships With Petroleum Products, Food Items
May 14, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Receives 24 Ships With Petroleum Products, Food Items

Twenty-Four ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are scheduled to arrive the TinCan Island Port in Nigeria from May 14 to May 30, 2020.  The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in its publication, `Shipping Position’, explained th...
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Firm Unveils First LNG Bunkering Vessel
May 14, 2020 No Responses

Firm Unveils First LNG Bunkering Vessel

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel at its Sakaide Works yard. Kawasaki will deliver the vessel at the end of September this year. Namely, it is the first liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel to be operated...
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Shippers’ Council Partners NCDC On Sensitization
May 13, 2020 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Partners NCDC On Sensitization

Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) is collaborating with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, to contain the spread of COVID-19, particularly in the Maritime community in Nigeria. Under the arrangement, the council will hand over hundreds of...
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CMA CGM Secures $1.1b Loan
May 13, 2020 No Responses

CMA CGM Secures $1.1b Loan

French container shipping major, CMA CGM has secured a €1.05 billion ($1.1. billion) syndicated loan. According to the company, the loan will be arranged by a consortium of banks BNP Paribas, HSBC France and Société Générale and it would be 70%...
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Maritime Law Association Inaugurates Committee To Review Admiralty law
May 13, 2020 No Responses

Maritime Law Association Inaugurates Committee To Review Admiralty law

The Nigerian Maritime Law Association has inaugurated a 16-member committee to ensure review of procedural rules and substantive laws as part of measures to boost industry confidence in dispute resolution.  A statement issued by the President of the Assoc...
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Group Seeks Quarantine Exception For 200,000 Seafarers, Maritime Workers
May 12, 2020 No Responses

Group Seeks Quarantine Exception For 200,000 Seafarers, Maritime Workers

The UK Chamber of Shipping — the voice of the country’s shipping industry — has urged the UK government to exempt seafarers and maritime workers from any quarantine restrictions planned to be imposed. The trade association has also called on the...
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COSCO, Firm Complete Trial Of 5G Smart Seaports
May 12, 2020 No Responses

COSCO, Firm Complete Trial Of 5G Smart Seaports

An automated driverless truck for containers on Monday delivered containers to load a containership and collected unloaded containers from the vessel at the Port of Xiamen, passing a trial run as part of a project aimed at developing 5G smart...
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Group Tasks NIMASA, NESREA, Others On Cause Of Dead Fishes Along Coastline
May 8, 2020 No Responses

Group Tasks NIMASA, NESREA, Others On Cause Of Dead Fishes Along Coastline

Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have called on regulatory agencies to expedite investigations into the dead fishes littering the Atlantic Ocean coastline. The stakeholders made the call in a report titled “Massive Death of Fishes across the Atlantic Coastlin...
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COVID-19: SIFAX Group Boss Lists Recovery Strategies For Businesses
May 8, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: SIFAX Group Boss Lists Recovery Strategies For Businesses

In order for businesses to survive the current economic crunch as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a comprehensive review of business processes and operations as well as willingness to adapt to new realities will be key. According to Mr....
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Seaport Secures $500m Loan
May 7, 2020 No Responses

Seaport Secures $500m Loan

The Port of Long Beach has secured a $500 million loan from the U.S. Government to help finance a massive infrastructural project aimed at allowing larger ships to enter the port. “This $500 million federal investment reflects the President’s continued...
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