SHIPPING & PORT SERVICES

A recent claim by the Nigeria Customs Service that it seized 33 containers of rice from Masters Energy, whereas the seizure was made in 2016 shows that several ...

A group, Association of Professionals for Safety in Shipping in Nigeria (APOSSIN) pushing for security of shipping services in the country has petitioned the National Assembly over the ...

The China Development Bank (CDB) has signed a $629 million financing facility to accelerate the completion of the Lekki Deep Seaport project, which started in 2011. The loan ...

The Tolaram Group, makers of Indomie Noodles, is building the biggest port in West Africa on the east side of Lagos with $1bn facility from China, according to ...

Insists Navy, NIMASA, statutorily required to secure country’s waters Shipping companies hail move Concerned by threat to national security and the cost of doing business at the country’s ...

The proposed Bakassi Deep Seaport, to be located in Cross  River State, is to gulp between $1.7 billion and $2 billion, according to figures released at the weekend ...

The recent decommissioning of BUA Ports and Terminal, Port Harcourt, Rivers State by the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) is threatening the take-off of $400 million project and negating ...

Apparently worried by the huge amount of money used in clearing goods at the ports, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), on behalf of the federal government, will in ...

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 ...