Maritime – Page 62 – City Business News

July 25, 2023 No Responses

NPA Raises Alarm Over Increasing Extortion Along Port Access Road

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has raised the alarm on increasing extortion along the access roads of the Lagos and Tin Can Island Port Complexes.This is coming on the heels of the clearance operations the Authority undertook on 16th to...

July 25, 2023 No Responses

Nigeria, Benin Republic To Tackle Multiple Taxes On Transit Cargoes

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Benin Republic counterpart on Monday agreed to address the multiple taxes on transit cargoes along the ECOWAS corridor. They also agreed to harmonise the import prohibition policy to ensure that whatever was banned...

July 23, 2023 No Responses

Bidding Begins For South Korea’s Flagship Carrier

The bidding process for the privatization of South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM has been launched in South Korea. The move was confirmed by HMM in a regulatory filing saying that the company’s largest shareholders, government-run banks, Korea Development B...

July 22, 2023 No Responses

No Vessel Caught Fire At Ports & Cargo Handling Services

Management of Ports & Cargo Handling Services Ltd., at Tin Can Island Port, on Friday, said that no vessel caught fire at its terminal. Group Head, Corporate Communications, SIFAX Group, Mr Olumuyiwa Akande, said: “Our attention has been drawn to...

July 21, 2023 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Visits Apapa LG, Seeks Collaboration

The management of Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the Apapa Local Government, Idowu Adejumoke Senbanjo, to explore enhanced collaboration on smooth access to Apapa Ports roads. Speaking during the courtesy visit, th...

July 20, 2023 No Responses

Shell Partners Firm On Maritime Decarbonisation

United Kingdom design and engineering consultancy company Houlder and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (Shell) have agreed to work together to identify, evaluate, and further develop solutions to accelerate the decarbonisation of the ma...

July 19, 2023 No Responses

US COAST GUARD UNDERTAKES PEER REVIEW OF NIGERIAN MARITIME DOMAIN

The United States Coast Guard says it is committed to Nigeria’s quest to implement the International Ships and Ports Security (ISPS) Facility Code in line with acceptable global best practices. Lt. Cdr. Jonna L. Clouse who is leading a team...

July 19, 2023 No Responses

IMO Gets New Secretary-General

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council has appointed Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco of the Republic of Panama, for an initial 4-year term as the next Secretary-General. Valesco will start his tenure as of 1 January 2024, subject to the Assemb...

July 18, 2023 No Responses

NPA Generates N191.4b Revenue In Six Months, Remits N55.7b To CRF

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has generated a total revenue of N191, 430,093,501.00 (One hundred and ninety-one billion, four hundred and thirty million, ninety-three thousand and five hundred and one naira only) from its operations in the first half of.....

July 17, 2023 No Responses

Ogbueshi Osamgbi For Burial July 28

The Osamgbi family of Umu Nnikwu Village in Asaba Delta State, has announced the funeral arrangement of their Father and Diokpa Nnikwu, Ogbueshi Alexander Chukwuma Osamgbi. The Late Ogbueshi Osamgbi, who passed on recently in Asaba at the glorious age...

July 16, 2023 No Responses

WARRI PILOTAGE DISTRICT BERTHING VESSELS DESPITE CHALLENGES

Although the Escravos breakwaters constructed to prevent the siltation of the Warri channels collapsed decades ago and the current Management of the Authority, led by the Managing Director, Mohammed Bello Koko, has concluded the survey and mapping of the chann...

July 16, 2023 No Responses

LNG: Shell, Morocco Seal 12-Year Deal

The management of Shell has signed a 12-year arrangement to supply Morocco with 0.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year. A statement from the Energy Ministry explained that the agreement was signed by the National...

July 15, 2023 No Responses

IMO Launches Revision Of Carbon Intensity Indicators

The 80th session of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) has initiated the review of the short-term measures, ie the Carbon Intensity Indicators (CII), Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan...

July 15, 2023 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Unveils Online Portal To Boost Shipping Activities In Eastern Ports

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has launched an online registration user guide for operators and shippers in Eastern ports. According to NSC, the development would tackle insecurity and return total sanity as well as full operations in the Eastern po...