Maritime Archives — Page 75 of 135

January 22, 2020 No Responses

A.P. Møller Secures Approval For Port Terminals In West Africa

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control over four project companies with concessions to build or operate port terminals in West Africa by Denmark’s A.P. Møller Capital (APMC). These include GSEZ Cargo Ports, a company operating a...

January 20, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Targets Economic Growth Through Maritime

Describing the maritime sector as economic anchor, the Federal Government is targeting placing Nigeria among the first 70 countries in the World Bank Ease of Doing Business index by 2023. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr....

January 19, 2020 No Responses

Firm Seals Charter Deal With Maersk, MSC

German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd has signed a space charter agreement with the members of the 2M Alliance – Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). Under the arrangement, the space charter deal will give Hapag-Lloyd access to selected services of 2...

January 17, 2020 No Responses

Dangote: Maritime Key To Economic Development, Growth

The President of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has identified the maritime industry as key in the efforts to restimulate the Nigerian economy.Dangote made the assertion in a statement in Lagos while commenting on the country’s economic po...

January 16, 2020 No Responses

Shanghai Maintains Position As World’s Top Container Seaport

China’s Shanghai port has retained its rank as the world’s busiest container port, having handled 43.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units last year, Xinhua reports citing Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong.Shanghai has held its top-dog position for the past ten ye...

January 15, 2020 No Responses

NPA Photo News

Standing Middle: Representative of the Managing Director of NPA and the Executive Director, Marine & Operations, Dr. Sokonte Huttin Davies on his immediate left are Managing Director, Brawal Service Company, Etugbo Charles, Representative of General Manage...

January 9, 2020 No Responses

Dakuku: Honour For Maritime Stakeholders Will Encourage More Investors

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to again honour stakeholders at the annual dinner and awards night scheduled to take place in Lagos on Saturday, January 18, 2020. This is as the Director General of the...

January 3, 2020 No Responses

Hyundai Secures $280m Orders For Two Ships

Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, part of South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, has received two new orders that have a combined worth of KRW 323.7 billion (USD 280.2 million). Under the first deal, the shipbuilder will build a very...

January 2, 2020 No Responses

Feeder Ship Operators Fault Amended Dockers’ Clause

European short-sea and feeder ship operators are challenging efforts by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to redefine container lashing as a cargo handling activity in order to bring it under the control of unionized dockers. The redefini...

December 27, 2019 No Responses

South Africa Decries Slow Growth Of Ship Registry

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is disappointed with the slow growth of the South African Ship Registry, ascribed partly to lack of common vision and understanding among state entities. “We started the year with enthusiasm, hoping that by...

December 18, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Takes Delivery Of Special Mission Vessel

As part or measures to broadly tackle insecurity in Nigeria’s waterways, up to the Gulf of Guinea, the country has taken delivery of the first special mission vessel under the Deep Blue Project.Chairman of the Project Monitoring Team for the...

December 5, 2019 No Responses

Nineteen Tanker Crew Kidnapped In Nigeria

Nineteen crew members of a tanker vessel identified as Nave Constellation have been kidnapped by pirates. According to Dryad Global Report, the attack occurred while the vessel was sailing around 100 nautical miles off Bonny Island, Nigeria on December 3...

November 30, 2019 No Responses

NSC Lauds Maritime Police Command

Photo Caption:L-R: Dr. Eugene Nweke, former National President, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Mrs Amaka Ifeora Deputy Director, Monitoring & Enforcement Division of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, DCP Fayo...

November 27, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: The Representative of the Managing Director and Executive Director, Marine and Operations, NPA, Dr. Sokonte Hutttin Davies, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Port of Antwerp Int’l APEC, Kristof Watersehoot, the Ambassador of Belgium,His Excellency, ...