NIMASA boss, Akpobolokemi, wins
...As Jonathan buries Maritime Security Agency Bill

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, may succeeded on his vow to abort the Maritime Security Agency Bill, as the Presidency last Thursday dumped...Read more

NATIONAL STRIKE: APMT waives storage charges
• Maersk Line, Safmarine grant demurrage waivers

APM Terminals Apapa Limited has voluntarily granted Nigerian importers a partial waiver of storage charges incurred during the seven-day nationwide strike as a result of the...Read more

Shippers’ Council’s boss, Biu, visits NIMAREX 2012 Planning C’ttee
... Pleads for capacity development to save Nigerian maritime from dying

Unless urgent measures are adopted to energise capacity development in Nigerian maritime, the death knell may sound for the industry in the...Read more

West, East Africa top world piracy figures
...As attacks drop 1% in 2011

Pirate attacks against vessels in East and West Africa accounted for the majority of world attacks in 2011, signalling a rising trend, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) global piracy report revealed...Read more

Review of Customs operations in 2011

To say that the Nigeria Customs Service under its incumbent leadership has the antidote to the poor health that have confronted the Service years...Read more

AGAIN!
Customs reshuffles CACs, others

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is presently witnessing yet another reshuffle of senior officers, including Assistant Comptrollers, Deputy Comptrollers and Comptrollers, serving as...Read more

CRS: CDIL donates borehole to community

As part of strategic efforts to aid local communities with basic infrastructure and amenities, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), a global trade security firm...Read more

IMO picks IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic as theme of 2012 World Maritime Day

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has picked IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic as the theme of the 2012 World Maritime Day celebration, which will focus on the...Read more

How fuel susbsidy removal strike, protests crippled Nigerian maritime
. Industry loses N60bn in 5 days

The Nigerian maritime industry may have lost up to N60 billion in the five days, Monday to Friday, last week, of the nationwide strike declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) over...Read more

Fishermen lament fish scarcity
...Blame Bonga Oil spill
• NOSDRA denies spill moving towards Akwa Ibom

Current fish scarcity is as a result of the recent oil spill from the Bonga Oil Fields, according to fishermen operating in the...Read more

Freight forwarders fret over demurrage, storage charges

The five-day nationwide strike and protests over the removal of fuel subsidy, leading to the shutdown of activities at Nigerian ports, is generating furore among freight forwarders over...Read more

Group hails shipping coys, terminal operators over demurrage, storage waivers
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ISAN loses Secretariat Head
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Agents express doubts over workability of 24-hr operations by NPA
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Liebherr supplies 100th mobile harbour crane to Africa
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3 killed, scores missing after cruise ship runs aground off Italy
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NAGAFF confers excellence award, fellowship on Dimka
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Group flays critics of Navy clearance for merchant tankers
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MARAN inaugurates Cooperative
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AREFFN inaugurates KLT EXCO
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Berthing committee honours Oyewumi, Asanga, Ephraim, others with excellence award
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