Maritime – Page 65 – City Business News

June 7, 2023 No Responses

NIGERIA APPROVES RATIFICATION OF SIX MARITIME CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS

The Federal Government has approved the ratification of six maritime conventions and protocols that promote cleaner marine environment, ship-breaking criteria, global standard for fishing crew and response to oil pollution casualties. The approved instruments for ratification are Hong Kong International Convention for Safe...

June 6, 2023 No Responses

An Ode To Margaret Onyema-Orakwusi

A well-achieved entrepreneur, she revealed herself to the wider maritime industry stakeholders after making her imprint in the industrial fishing industry as the owner of a thriving fish trawling business and the first female president of the Nigerian Trawler ...

June 5, 2023 No Responses

DNV: Biofuel Key To Maritime Decarbonisation

The flexibility of biofuels can enable the shipping industry to accelerate its journey towards decarbonisation while maintaining operational efficiency. In its latest white paper “Biofuels in shipping,” classification society, DNV reported that the current...

June 4, 2023 No Responses

Jamoh, Ajani, Offodile Get National Productivity Merit Award

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR has been nominated by the Federal Government as a recipient of the 2021 National Productivity Order of Merit, NPOM, Award. Also in the category.....

June 3, 2023 No Responses

APMT Visits Shippers’ Council, Gets Regulated Service Provider Certificate

AP Moller Terminals led by its Vice President Mr. Martijn Van Dongen leading a 4 -man delegation, paid a courtesy visit to Nigerian Shippers’ Council at its headquarters in Lagos on Friday. A statement issued by Head, Public Relations Unit, NSC,...

June 2, 2023 No Responses

At NOGOF 2023, NIMASA DG Canvasses Terms Of Freight Review

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, said policies of the current administration at the Agency are tailored to complement efforts of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board ...

May 29, 2023 No Responses

Oil Theft: Nigeria Releases Seized Norwegian Oil Tanker

The Nigerian Navy on Sunday returned a Norwegian-registered vessel, MT Heroic Idun, caught attempting to steal Nigeria’s crude oil in August 2022. The navy arrested the oil tanker and its 26 Indian, Pilipino, Sri Lankan and Polish nationals in August...

May 28, 2023 No Responses

ExxonMobil, Hapag-Lloyd Seal Biofuel Supply Deal

ExxonMobil has signed an agreement to supply German liner major Hapag-Lloyd with B30 marine biofuel oil in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region. Biofuel is an important part of Hapag-Lloyd’s sustainability journey as biofuel blends can give a meaning...

May 26, 2023 No Responses

Shipowners Implore UN Member State On Ambitious Course For 2050

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80% of the world’s merchant fleet, has submitted detailed proposal for the next round of IMO negotiations set for July this year with the aim of increasing decarbonization tar...

May 25, 2023 No Responses

Ship grounded in Suez canal refloated

A ship that was grounded in the Suez Canal, has been refloated, shipping agent Leth Agencies says. Tugboats had been working to refloat the bulk carrier, named Xin Hai Tong 23, the company said earlier Two years ago, the Suez...

May 23, 2023 No Responses

Three Kidnapped Seafarers Freed

The three seafarers who were kidnapped in early May from Grebe Bulker, a bulker vessel managed by Eagle Bulk Ship Management Singapore, have been rescued, the company confirmed.World Maritime News report that the vessel was boarded by pirates whilst in...

May 23, 2023 No Responses

Ajulo Seeks Prompt Action On Ondo Seaport Project

A legal practitioner, Mr. Kayode Ajulo, has called for prompt action to execute the Ondo Seaport project, recently approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, beyond the paperwork. Ajulo stated this in a statement in Abuja, and commended Buhari for the approv...

May 22, 2023 No Responses

661 Containers Lost At Sea, Says World Shipping Council

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual report on containers lost at sea, revealing positive developments in container safety within the international liner shipping industry. City Business News report that the report covers the year 2022, sho...

May 22, 2023 No Responses

MINISTER COMMISSIONS NIMASA BOATS, SEARCH AND RESCUE BASE CLINIC, OTHERS

The Minister of Transportation, Engineer Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, in Lagos at the weekend commissioned five enforcement boats and four ferries for staff of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. Also commissioned were newly acqui...