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August 1, 2025 No Responses

Nigerian-Owned Container Vessel Berths At Onne Port

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Abubakar Dantsoho has restated the readiness of the NPA to promote the indigenous ownership of shipping vessels in line with the ‘Nigeria First’ policy of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.Speaking d...

July 4, 2025 No Responses

NPA Berths First Wholly Nigerian-Owned Container Vessel

To maximize the gains derivable from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on July 2nd, 2025 at 05:05 hours deployed its state-of-the-art marine crafts to berth the first wholly Nigerian-owned container vessel.The...

June 17, 2025 No Responses

Ports & Cargo Welcomes Largest General Cargo Vessel

Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has recorded a historic milestone with the arrival of IPSARION, the largest general cargo vessel ever handled at its terminal at the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos. IPSARION, a...

May 20, 2024 No Responses

Bonny Gas Transport Charters Eco-Friendly Newbuild Vessel

Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT), a subsidiary of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has chartered a newbuild vessel, AKTORAS, in a strategic move to diversify and reduce the carbon footprint of its shipping portfolio. BGT was founded in 1989 to provide...

January 23, 2024 No Responses

World’s Largest Car Carrier Debuts

SAIC Group, a prominent Chinese automotive manufacturer, officially named and commissioned the LNG dual-fuel car carrier SAIC Anji Sincerity. Constructed by CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard, the vessel, featuring 7,600 parking spaces, is exclusively built for SAIC Anji ...

November 12, 2023 No Responses

Firm Boosts Fleet With New LNG-Powered PCTC

Japanese shipping company, Nippon Yusen Kaisha has taken delivery of Sweet Pea Leader, the latest LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), at Tadotsu Shipyard, part of Imabari Shipbuilding Group. Ordered from Nihon Shipyard, the 77,644 GT vessel...

August 30, 2023 No Responses

JTF Arrest Vessel, 10 Crew Members

THE Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), on Tuesday arrested an oil vessel MV Ofuoma and 10 crew members conveying alleged illegally refined petroleum products in Rivers. The Component Commander OPDS, Commodore John Siyanbade, who represented the OPDS...

June 30, 2023 No Responses

Lekki Deep Seaport Receives First Transshipment Vessel

Lekki Deep Seaport, on Thursday, announced the arrival of the first transshipment vessel to call at the container terminal of the port. In a statement, Lekki Deep Seaport explained that the vessel, Rimbaud, owned by CMA CGM shipping compan...

June 17, 2023 No Responses

APAPA PORT BERTHS LARGEST CONTAINER CARRIER IN ITS HISTORY

The Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa, on Friday, 16th June, 2023 made history by its berthing of a 300m LOA vessel. NPA described the development as unprecedented and “a testament to the unwavering commitment of the Mohammed Bello Koko-l...

May 20, 2023 No Responses

Lekki Seaport Berths Largest Vessel Since Inauguration

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Lekki Deep Seaport on Friday, May 19th, 2023, berthed a 300 Meter Length Over All (LOA) vessel, christened CMA-CGM RABELAIS. According to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the journey of the 6570 TEUs capa...

May 9, 2023 No Responses

Tincan Island Port Receives Largest Ever Container Vessel

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) recorded yet another milestone today, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 with the berthing at the TinCan Island Port Complex of “the largest-ever container vessel to call at the Lagos Pilotage District”. The vessel MSc Maureen ha...

April 12, 2023 No Responses

Shell, HPA To Explore Decarbonising Ports Through Vessel Electrification

Shell Marine and Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have signed Memorandum of Strategic Partnership (MSP) to explore decarbonizing ports through areas such as vessel electrification and the development of charging networks. World Maritime News report that the agreem...

February 14, 2023 No Responses

SNEPCo’s Bonga FPSO Hits 1b Barrel Milestone

Nigeria’s first deep-water exploration and production vessel, Bonga, hit a one-billion-barrel oil export mark on Monday. The Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo), Mrs Elohor Aiboni, explained in a statement t...