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SSASCGOC Maritime Branch Wins AMJON’s 2023 Best Union Award
The President, Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporation and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), Maritime branch, Comrade Akinola Bodunde has said that the group is ready to partner with any organisations or individuals whose aim…
RED SEA PASSAGE: ICS, Shipping Council Canvass Urgent Action Over Militia Attacks On Vessels
As Houthi militia in Yemen step up attacks on vessels in the Red Sea the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the World Shipping Council (WSC) have called for urgent action.
Since the hijacking of car carrier the Galaxy Leader…
LOME Honours PL Carrodano With Lifetime Achievement Award
The former Group Managing Director of Comet Shipping Agencies/Five Star Logistics Limited, Mr. PL Carrodano, has been honoured with a Life Time Achievement Award by the League of Maritime Editors (LOME) for his forty years of service in the…
Massc Global Marine Limited Clinches Best Maritime Company For 2023 @AMJON Event
By Roland Ekama
Massc Global Marine Limited has clinched the best maritime company of the year .at the just concluded Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) Conference and Awards ceremony held in Lagos.
The high…
DIVERSION: CMA CGM, Maersk, Others Join MSC To Abandon Red Sea Route Over Terror Threat
MSC, CMA CGM, Maersk, and Hapag-Lloyd have all paused their vessels transiting the Red Sea and are rerouting via the Cape of Good Hope as Houthi militia step up attacks on commercial shipping.
The world’s largest container line MSC…
Prioritize Transborder Trade To Actualize AfCFTA Benefits – Nwabunike Tells FG
By Roland Ekama
The immediate past National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Anthony Iju Nwabunike called on the federal government to prioritize
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)…
RED SEA: 20% Of World Trade To Experience Diversion, As MSC Suspends Suez Canal Route
By Roland Ekama
MSC has announced the suspension of transit along the Suez Canal route due to weekend attack on one of its vessel MSC Palatium III .
MSC stated that Eastbound and Westbound of the route would be avoided until the Red…
NPA Laments Over Operators’ Slow Pace Participation On Port Automation Processes
By Roland Ekama
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has raised concerns over the slow pace participation of stakeholders on port automation processes, saying the agency is poised to upscale its operations through digitalization of its…
LASWA Takes Lead On Search, Rescue Exercise Alongside Navy, NIMASA , Marine Police, Others
By Roland Ekama
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) will on Monday 18 December 2023, in Lagos hold a joint search and rescue simulator exercise to enhance safety on the Legos brown waterways .
The joint exercise will also…
CGC CONFERENCE: Customs Lobbies Port Concessionaires To Provide Scanners
By Roland Ekama
Port concessionaires will be advised to provide scanning machines to boost trade facilitation, Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Adewale Adeniyi has disclosed.
Adewale who spoke at the…