SHIPPING & PORT SERVICES

Spends $800m on fish importation Nigeria is losing $600 million annually to illegal and unreported fishing by foreign vessels as a result of lack of equipment such as ...

Imports 200 wagons for cargo evacuation Text Box: *Approves $5.3bn for Ibadan-Kano standard rail project As part of a permanent solution to the protracted Apapa gridlock as a ...

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it has arrested not less than 100 illegal migrants and 177 suspects engaging in smuggling activities since the nation’s land borders ...

The Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, has approved the redeployment of all the Customs officers attached to the Tin Can 2 Command, Lilypond Terminal, Ijora, Lagos to ...

The Federal Government on Monday affirmed its commitment toward reducing cost of shipping to boost trade in Africa. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo made this known at the Sub-Regional ...

The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday in Lagos raised alarm over the impending dangers that shipwrecks posed on the Nigerian waters. The Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command of ...

Nigeria and the Republic of Kenya have reiterated the need to intensify its partnership on maritime security for effectiveness and efficiency. The Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. ...

The Lagos State government and the federal government yesterday signed an agreement for cooperation regarding the control of waterways, thereby ending the dispute between the two governments. The ...

The West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) has launched two new Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHCs) worth $10 million (N3.6billion) for discharge of cargoes at the terminal. This followed the ...

Ship owners and major stakeholders in the maritime industry have applauded the federal government’s plan to ban the importation of foreign built vessels into Nigeria, in its bid ...

The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Wednesday announced the seizure of an ambulance stationed at the port for emergency purpose for conveying 10 cartons of ...

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has lauded the federal government’s ports concession programme, describing it as a tremendous success. Usman stated this ...

The Nigeria Customs Service has revealed that six containers of ‘poisonous’ Iranian tomato paste, branded as Shirin Asal my tomato paste, have arrived Nigerian seaports for onward clearance ...

The Tincan Island Port Customs Command has generated N179.2 billion between Jan. 2 and July 10, 2019, up from N172.5 billion realised in the corresponding period in 2018. ...

Nigeria has again been rated number one in pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea, according to a new report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB). IMB is ...

Three days strike action embarked upon by the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) over wages owed dockworkers by the International Oil Companies (IOCs) has caused Nigeria economy ...

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) on Wednesday morning made good its threat to shut down operations at the nation’s seaport over unpaid wages to dockworkers by ...

The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (C) has approved the immediate redeployment of some port managers. The Authority in a statement said the latest redeployment affected, the ...

Port and Terminal Multi-services Limited (PTML) said it has concluded plans to transfer all overtime roll-on-roll-off (roro) cargo discharged at its terminal located at the Tin Can Island ...

The Bank of Industry (BoI) has disbursed $82million to some indigenous investors for the purchase of ships. The cash covers support for companies involved in ship repairs and ...