Maritime Archives — Page 62 of 136

March 27, 2021 No Responses

BPE DG Seeks Increased PPP In Maritime Sector

Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), Mr. Alex Okoh, has reiterated the need for an increase in the private sector involvement in financing critical infrastructural development in the maritime sector in order for the industry to become a ma...

March 26, 2021 No Responses

Shippers Council Tasks Stakeholders On Rules Of International Commercial Terms

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Thursday urged stakeholders in the trade and transport sector to understand the rules of International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS) 2020 to mitigate disputes and litigation. The NSC Executive Secretary, Hassan Be...

March 25, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Advises Service Providers To Register Category Of Operations

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has advised service operators in the industry to register their category of businesses accordingly. According to it, registration in specified categories will determine their scope of operation in the industry.&nbsp...

March 23, 2021 No Responses

SIFAX Group, South Africa Chamber Discuss Financing Model For Maritime Sector

SIFAX Group, a group of companies with investment in Maritime, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Haulage & Logistics, Financial Services and Hospitality, in line with its industry leadership objectives takes the lead again in charting a new course for the funding.....

March 4, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Mourns Justice Kafarati

The Board, Management and Staff of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, (NSC) have expressed sadness over the sudden passing of the former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice Abdul Kafarati. The Executive Secretary, NSC, Mr Hassan Bello, in a...

February 25, 2021 No Responses

Seaport Deploys Drones To Maintain Safety

Port of Antwerp is deploying an autonomous drone for the first time to maintain safety at the port’s critical infrastructure. The fully-independent drone will test various use cases in the field of inspection and control, the goal being to establish...

February 5, 2021 No Responses

Total Joins Clamour For Zero Carbon Shipping

French energy major Total has joined the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping as a strategic partner as the company accelerates its R&D program for carbon-neutral shipping solutions. Based in Copenhagen, the research and development cen...

February 4, 2021 No Responses

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...

February 3, 2021 No Responses

FG Implores Maritime Stakeholders On Nigerian Port Process Manual

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — L-R: Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello and Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority,&nbs...

February 1, 2021 No Responses

Strategic Role Of Maritime Transport Policy To Nigeria’s Blue Economy, By NPA MD

Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, has identified the National Maritime Transport Policy as key to unlocking the huge potential and vast opportunities in the nation’s blue economy. Bala-Usman said this in a statement Ibrahi...

January 30, 2021 No Responses

COSCO Stakes $140m On 20 Per Cent Saudi Arabian Seaport Terminal

China’s COSCO Shipping Ports (CSPL) has entered into an agreement with the founding shareholders of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal Limited (RSGT) to acquire a 20 per cent stake in the terminal which is located at Jeddah Islamic Port. ...

January 27, 2021 No Responses

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...

January 21, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Acquires Three Aircraft For Maritime Operations

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has acquire three new aircraft for maritime operations in the Niger Delta. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed this at the inauguration of a block of 30 one-bedroom living quarters...