Maritime Archives — Page 59 of 136

September 24, 2021 No Responses

Shell Orders All-Electric Ferries

Anglo-Dutch energy major, Shell has awarded a contract to Penguin International Ltd, a Singapore-based designer, builder and owner of aluminium high-speed craft, to design, build, and operate at least three pure electric ferries and shore chargers in Singapore. Once operational, the newbuilds...

September 23, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Sets in Motion Actions for Ballast Water Management

Nigeria is taking proactive steps to address its exposure to the threat of ballast water because of the high tanker traffic in its waters, Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has said. Jamoh, sta...

September 6, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA Automates Verification Of New Ship Registration Certificates

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced the electronic verification of the new Ship Registry Certificates it introduced on July 1. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh disclosed this in a statement issued...

September 3, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Boss Harps On Benefits Of AfCFTA

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, on Thursday listed key issues to be addressed to make Nigeria a maritime hub for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Jime made the recommendations at a sensitisa...

August 30, 2021 No Responses

NLNG Explains Role In Domestic LPG Market

The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has described as “grossly inaccurate” a report which claimed that NLNG produces 22 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) of Liquified Petroluem Gas, otherwise known as cooking gas. A statement...

August 25, 2021 No Responses

Hassan Bello, Ex-Shippers Council Boss, Canvasses Support For Successor

Immediate past Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, on Tuesday, said that his successor, Mr Emmanuel Jime, has immeasurable qualities that the nation’s maritime industry needs. Bello described his successor as a ‘man of st...

August 22, 2021 No Responses

Shippers Seek Stoppage Of Excessive Charges For Groupage Containers

President, Shippers Association of Lagos (SAL), Rev. Jonathan Nicole, has called for the stoppage of excessive charges for groupage containers in Nigeria. Nicole said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. The term groupage refers to a type...

August 20, 2021 No Responses

NPA Implores AIG Maritime, Others To End Attacks On Barges, Illegal Check Points

There is a need to end the incessant cases of attacks on vessels, barge operators and other port facilities around the waterfronts and channels, the Acting Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has said. The...

August 19, 2021 No Responses

Maersk Signs First Green Methanol Deal

A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday it had signed a contract securing green methanol as the world’s largest shipping firm gears up to operate its first carbon-neutral ship in 2023.With about 90% of world trade transported by sea, global shipping accou...

August 13, 2021 No Responses

APMDC Denies Alleged Arbitrary Charges

The management of the Associated Port Marine Development Company (APMDC), has denied allegations of arbitrary charges and charging in foreign currency levelled against it by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). Recall that the council had shut dow...

August 7, 2021 No Responses

Shell, Maritime Firm Seal Partnership

Shell Tankers (Singapore) has signed a partnership agreement with ship management company Signal Maritime placing ten Medium Range (MR) product tankers into the company’s MR pool. The company was an early adopter of the Signal Ocean platform in pro...

August 3, 2021 No Responses

Firm Secures $1.58b Contract For 17 Ships

China’s shipbuilder, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has secured contracts for up to 17 new buildings from Seaspan Corporation worth $1.58 billion in total. The shipyard received orders for 10 liquified natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel 7,000 TEU containerships and two...

August 3, 2021 No Responses

Photo News

R-L: Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh; Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Ajani Magdalene; Nigerian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ambassador Umar Suleima...

August 2, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Quits MOWCA Over Electoral Irregularities

Nigeria has left the Maritime Organisation for West and Central Africa (MOWCA). A statement issued on Monday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Eric Ojiekwe explained that this followed disregard for the rules of proc...