Maritime Archives — Page 42 of 122

March 2, 2022 No Responses

Ship Carrying 4,000 Luxury Cars Sinks

A cargo ship that was carrying thousands of luxury cars has sunk off the Portuguese Azores archipelago, nearly two weeks after it caught fire. The ship, named Felicity Ace, was transporting around 4,000 cars such as Porsches and Bentleys. The...

February 28, 2022 No Responses

NPA BOSS URGES MARITIME WORKERS TO SHELVE STRIKE AGAINST IOCS

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) seems set to shelve its planned shutdown of operations at all ports and oil terminals in the country, scheduled to start from Tuesday, March 1 2022, following a peace meeting hosted by the...

February 26, 2022 No Responses

VIN:Shippers’ Council Appeals To Protesters, Explains Impact On Economy

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Friday urged freight forwarding associations protesting against the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Valuation Policy at the Lagos ports to suspend their protest in the interest of Nigerian economy. According ...

February 21, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA Renews MoU With World Maritime University

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the World Maritime University, (WMU) Malmo, Sweden. A statement issued by Osagie Edwa...

February 19, 2022 No Responses

Luxury Cars Up In Smoke After Ship Catches Fire

Thousands of Porsche and Volkswagen cars have been abandoned on a cargo ship after it caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean en route to the US. The ship, named Felicity Ace, was travelling from Emden in Germany before it caught...

February 10, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA DG Lauds Partnership With Nigerian Navy

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh has commended the Nigerian Navy for its continued support to the Agency over the years. The DG who said this when he met with the Admiral S...

February 8, 2022 No Responses

ENL Consortium Facilitates Vaccination Of 600 Dockworkers

A terminal operator, ENL Consortium, has facilitated the vaccination of over 600 dockworkers working at its terminal. The Executive Vice Chairman, ENL Consortium, Mrs Vicky Haastrup, explained in a statement on Monday that it was part of its resolve to.....

February 7, 2022 No Responses

APM Terminals Apapa Graduates 175 Lean Practitioners

One hundred and seventy-five (175) employees of APM Terminals Apapa have graduated as Lean Practitioners since the start of the Lean Academy in 2019. Lean thinking is a transformational framework that provides a new way to organising human activities to....

January 31, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA Increases Flag Registration Conditional Survey By 43.6 Per Cent

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh has announced an increase of 43.6% in the condition survey for Flag Registration by the Agency in the year 2021 as against the performance in the...

January 25, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Tasks Hapag-Lloyd On Standards

The Executive Secretary o Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, on Monday urged the new Country Manager of Hapag-Lloyd Nigeria Shipping Ltd., Mr Himmat Ahlawat, to abide by the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in Nigerian ports....

January 23, 2022 No Responses

World’s 1st Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier Picks Maiden Cargo

The Suiso Frontier, the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, will set sail from Australia to Japan with its first LH2 shipment, marking a milestone for the HESC project. A ceremony at Port of Hastings marked the Suiso Frontier‘s arrival from...

January 19, 2022 No Responses

Price Fixing: 23 Shipping Firms To Pay $81m Fine

The antitrust regulator in South Korea has sanctioned 23 domestic and foreign container shipping companies for fixing maritime freight rates. On 18 January 2022, the Fair-Trade Commission (KFTC) said it has imposed a fine of KRW 96.2 billion (about $80.7...

January 15, 2022 No Responses

Again, Singapore Is World’s Leading Maritime City

Singapore has retained the number one spot in the Leading Maritime Cities (LMC) report conducted by Norwegian classification society DNV and Norwegian consultancy Menon Economics AS. The 2022 edition of the LMC report was launched on 13 Ja...

January 12, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Shippers To Monitor Cargo Defence Fund

The Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) on Tuesday said it would monitor the implementation of the Cargo Defence Fund to make it effective. The spokesperson for SALS, Dr Kayode Farinto, made this known at a news conference in Lagos. ...