Maritime News Archives — Page 3 of 14

November 13, 2021 No Responses

IMO Sets International Day For Women In Maritime

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council has decided to establish an International Day for Women in Maritime, to be observed on 18 May every year. IMO’s gender program was first initiated in 1988. At that time, only a few maritime training institutes opened their...

November 4, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Deploys 13 Warships, Two Helicopters In Gulf Of Guinea

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday deployed 13 warships, two helicopters and 1,500 troops in a special military exercise against pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, announced the deployment at the...

November 3, 2021 No Responses

Shipowners Seek Sector-Dedicated Fund

In a new policy paper, European shipowners have supported a dedicated fund to be set up under the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) to stabilise the carbon price. World Maritime reports that the policy paper on the EU ETS ECSA...

November 3, 2021 No Responses

Maersk Records $16.6b Revenue In Q3

Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk closed the third quarter of 2021 with record earnings. Revenue grew 68 per cent to $16.6 billion in Q3 2021 from $9.9 billion posted in the corresponding quarter a year earlier. EBIT was...

October 30, 2021 No Responses

Shippers To Improve Shipping Activities At Onne, Warri Ports

The Shipping Trade Practitioners Association of Nigeria (STPAON) has pledged to boost shipping activities at Cross River, Rivers, and Delta states, popularly known as the Eastern ports. The shipping ports are in Calabar, Onne and Warri, of the three respe...

October 16, 2021 No Responses

Jime Decries Infrastructure Gap In Nigeria’s Maritime Domain

The Executive Secretary /Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Mr Emmanuel Jime, has decried a general infrastructure gap in the country’s maritime domain.Jime said this when Presidents of Shippers’ Association in Jos, Benue, Niger an...

October 14, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Intercepts 32.9kg Cocaine Aboard Vessel

The Nigerian Navy has intercepted 32.9kg of cocaine wrapped in 30 slabs aboard Motor Vessel (MV) Chayanee Naree. Briefing Journalists on Thursday in Lagos, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, explained that ...

October 12, 2021 No Responses

Adesina Flays Extortions At Nigerian Seaports

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has advised the Federal Government to clean up what he described as administrative bottlenecks at the nation’s seaports. Speaking on Monday...

October 12, 2021 No Responses

Adesina: Why Nigerian Seaports Lag Behind In Africa

By Mosess Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Today, the leading ports for West Africa are in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic, President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has said. According to Adesina, ...

October 6, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA BOARD APPOINTS THREE NEW DIRECTORS, APPROVES PROMOTION OF 295 OTHERS

The Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has approved the appointment of three new Directors, Mr. Eric OJI, Mr. Dimowo Heaky, and a former spokesman of the Agency, Mr. Isichei Osamgbi. Nigeria’s Alternate P...

October 1, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Reiterates Support For Deep Blue Project

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reiterated the Federal Government commitment to secure the country’s waters and the Gulf of Guinea through the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also known as the Deep Blue Project.&nbs...

September 23, 2021 No Responses

NPA Explains Fire Outbreak At Headquarters In Lagos

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday, said there was fire incident at a wing of its headquarters in Lagos. General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr Olaseni Alakija, in a statement explained that the fire incident ...

September 18, 2021 No Responses

Customs Takes Delivery Of Cargo Scanning Machine

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers has taken delivery of a cargo scanning machine for effective examination of containers. A statement issued on Friday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ifeoma Ojekwu, quoted Comptr...

September 16, 2021 No Responses

Maersk Acquires Portuguese Logistics Firm

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has acquired HUUB, a Portuguese cloud-based logistics startup. World Maritime News reports on Wednesday that this is the company’s third acquisition this year within E-commerce logistics and it comes thr...