Samsung Secures $2.5b Deal For 20 Evergreen Boxships

Samsung Secures $2.5b Deal For 20 Evergreen Boxships

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has been selected by Taiwanese shipping major Evergreen Marine Corporation  to build twenty 15,000 TEU containerships.  Already, Evergreen Marine has unveiled plans to build the boxship fleet and pay between $115 million and $130 million per...
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Majority Of World’s Seaports Still Don’t Use Digital Tech

Majority Of World’s Seaports Still Don’t Use Digital Tech

The majority of the world’s 4,900 ports are not yet using digital technology for even the most basic processes, Innovez One, a Singapore-based provider of smart-tech and AI solutions for the maritime sector, has said.  As explained, 80 per cent...
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Grimaldi Welcomes 3rd Hybrid RO-RO Vessel

Grimaldi Welcomes 3rd Hybrid RO-RO Vessel

Eco Livorno, the third of twelve hybrid vessels of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class, has been delivered to the Grimaldi Group by the Chinese Jinling shipyard located in Nanjing.  The Eco Livorno, which flies the Italian f...
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Firm Budgets $565m For 12 Ships

Firm Budgets $565m For 12 Ships

Taiwanese container shipping company Wan Hai Lines has ordered twelve 3,013 TEU container vessels worth a total of $565 million. The containerships will be built by Japanese shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corporation’s Nihon Shipyard, Wan Hai Lines sai...
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Maritime Stakeholders Sign Declaration To End Crew Change Crisis

Maritime Stakeholders Sign Declaration To End Crew Change Crisis

Over 300 maritime industry and human rights leaders have signed a new global pledge urging for industry accountability and finally ending the deepening crew change crisis.  The signatories of the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Cre...
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SIFAX Group Appoints ED, Head Legal

SIFAX Group Appoints ED, Head Legal

SIFAX Group, a group of companies with investment in Maritime, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Haulage & Logistics, Financial Services and Hospitality, has announced two new executive appointments.  OyebodeOjeniyi and OlujimiOsho joined as Group Executive Di...
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How To Enhance Maritime Contribution To GDP In 2021, By NIS

How To Enhance Maritime Contribution To GDP In 2021, By NIS

The Nigerian Institute of Shipping (NIS) on Thursday said that adopting new measures in the maritme industry would enhance its contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2021. NIS President, Capt. Tony Onoharigho, disclosed this in an inte...
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Photo News

President, Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh flanked by the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council Barr. Hassan Bello (L) and Dean Faculty Of Environmental Management, Olabisi Onabanjo University, A...
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Firms Unveil Agenda For Maritime Biofuel

Firms Unveil Agenda For Maritime Biofuel

Uniper Energy DMCC (UED), a supplier of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), and Neutral Fuels, a pioneer of net zero biofuels in the UAE, have teamed up to provide maritime biofuel in Fujairah, UAE.   The two companies plan to...
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UNCTAD Warns Of Grim Maritime Trade

UNCTAD Warns Of Grim Maritime Trade

Global maritime trade will plunge in 2020 due to the unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a new report. The report, entitled the Review of Maritime Transport 2020, warns that...
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SIFAX Group Subsidiaries Get ISO Quality Certification

SIFAX Group Subsidiaries Get ISO Quality Certification

Three of SIFAX Group’s subsidiaries- Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, SIFAX Shipping Company Limited and SIFAX Nigeria Limited all bagged the ISO 9001:2015 certificates. The award presentation ceremony was held at SIFAX Group’s head office at A...
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SIFAX Group Expands Network, Opens New Terminal

SIFAX Group Expands Network, Opens New Terminal

SIFAX Group, a conglomerate with investments in Maritime, Aviation, Logistics, Oil & Gas, Hospitality and Financial Services sectors, on Wednesday opened a new container terminal in Lagos as a response to the difficulties experienced by stakeholders in acc...
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CMA CGM Suspends Shipping Surcharge

CMA CGM Suspends Shipping Surcharge

The French Container Transportation and Shipping Company, CMA CGM, has announced suspension of the application of peak season surcharge on ships calling in Nigeria from October 1, 2020.Mrs Rakiya Zubairu, Head, Public Relations, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (N...
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CMA CGM Declares $7b Revenue In Q2

CMA CGM Declares $7b Revenue In Q2

For the second quarter of 2020, French container shipping major, CMA CGM improved profitability in all its business activities despite challenges related to COVID-19.  The company posted a net income of $136 million in Q2 2020, up sharply compared with...
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