Shippers’ Council Implores Port Health Services On NPPM Implementation

Shippers’ Council Implores Port Health Services On NPPM Implementation

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has urged Port Health Services to ensure timing in port clearance and implement the Nigerian Ports Process Manual (NPPM ) as part of measures to ensure port system efficiency in the country.   NSC’s Executive Secretary/Chief...
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LNG Vessels Waiting For Normalised Operations As Suez Canal Reopens

LNG Vessels Waiting For Normalised Operations As Suez Canal Reopens

After the unblocking of the Suez Canal, a number of LNG and other vessels are waiting for the canal to become fully operational.  Suez Canal, the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia, is now reopened for navigation, almost a...
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Firm Budgets $565m For 12 Ships

Firm Budgets $565m For 12 Ships

Taiwanese container shipping company Wan Hai Lines has ordered twelve 3,013 TEU container vessels worth a total of $565 million. The containerships will be built by Japanese shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corporation’s Nihon Shipyard, Wan Hai Lines sai...
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NPA Expects 19 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Wheat, Frozen Fish, Others

NPA Expects 19 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Wheat, Frozen Fish, Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is expecting 19 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods from January 15 to January 25, 2021. According to NPA’s `Shipping Position’, the ships are expected to arrive at the Lagos Port Com...
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Grimaldi Welcomes New Hybrid RoRo Vessel

Grimaldi Welcomes New Hybrid RoRo Vessel

Italian Grimaldi Group has started 2021 with the delivery of Eco Barcelona, the second of twelve hybrid Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class vessels. The Italian-flagged roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) was handed over to its owner by Chinese shipyard Jinling bas...
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Hassan Bello Harps On SOP At Seaports

Hassan Bello Harps On SOP At Seaports

Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello, on Saturday describedabsence of a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) monitor or supervisor as a major challenged to efficiency of seaports.  Explaining furt...
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Shipbreaking Cartel In Bangladesh Comes To An End

Shipbreaking Cartel In Bangladesh Comes To An End

After exactly two months in operation, the shipbreaking cartel in Bangladesh has collapsed as it failed to secure enough tonnage, GMS, the world’s largest cash buyer of ships for recycling, said.   During the sixty-day period ended 21 November, a f...
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CBN Warns Shipping Lines, Shippers On Export Proceeds Numbers

CBN Warns Shipping Lines, Shippers On Export Proceeds Numbers

Non-compliance by shipping lines to the directive by the Federal Government that all export goods leaving the country should carry Nigerian Export Proceeds (NXP) numbers was the focus of discussions during a meeting recently convened by the Central Bank of...
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NPA Receives 21 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Wheat, Frozen Food, Others

NPA Receives 21 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Wheat, Frozen Food, Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday disclosed that 21 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging petroleum products and foodstuff. NPA in its `Shipping Position’ identified contents of the ship as general cargo, containers, bulk wheat, petrol, froze...
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Nigeria, Korea Pledge to Deepen Cooperation in Shipping

Nigeria, Korea Pledge to Deepen Cooperation in Shipping

Nigeria and South Korea have agreed to intensify their collaboration in trade and shipping development.   This was disclosed in Lagos during a meeting between the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr...
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MSC Joins Smart Maritime Network

MSC Joins Smart Maritime Network

Container shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has joined the Smart Maritime Network, an industry membership group focused on increasing the compatibility, standardization, and harmonization of the technology used in the shipping industry. “Wh...
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Another Seafarer Tests Positive For COVID-19

Another Seafarer Tests Positive For COVID-19

Another crew member of MV Montpellier, a containership chartered by German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd, has tested positive for coronavirus in South Africa. As a result, the vessel will have to remain in quarantine at anchorage and will not be able to...
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Firms Seal $19.2b LNG Shipbuilding Deal

Firms Seal $19.2b LNG Shipbuilding Deal

Qatar Petroleum has inked three deals with South Korean shipbuilders reserving slots for its LNG tanker fleet expansion valued over $19 billion. Qatari giant said on Monday it has signed deals to reserve LNG ship construction capacity in South Korea...
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Five Vessels Laden With Fuel, Wheat Await Anchorage At Delta Ports

Five Vessels Laden With Fuel, Wheat Await Anchorage At Delta Ports

Five vessels laden with fuel and Wheat are awaiting anchorage at the Delta Ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) disclosed on Friday NPA in its daily report, Shipping Position explained that the ships were awaiting anchorage at the Escravos, Koko...
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