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AT SEARCHLIGHT EVENT : WIMA Seeks FG Intervention To Float Maritime Bank With CVFF
By Roland Ekama
Apparently worried about delay in disbursement of the controversial funds to operators in furtherance to ship acquisition, Women In Maritime Association (WIMA) Nigeria Branch, has advocated for the federal…
MWUN: Seamen/NIWA Branch Re- Elects Districts Executives
The Seamen/Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and Water Transport Branch of the Maritime Workes Union of Nigeria has reelected districts executives.
The election which took place at the Union’s secretariat…
UNCTAD Predicts Slower Maritime Growth Trade In 2022
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has predicted that maritime trade growth will slow to 2.4%, compared to 2.9% over the past two decades.
UNCTAD said in the Review of Maritime Transport 2021…
CHINA: Container Volume At Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Exceeds 2020 Total
Container volume at Ningbo-Zhoushan port, Zhejiang province, has surpassed a total of 28.73m TEU, exceeding the volume of the port posted last year.
During the first ten months of this year, the total export and import volume of China…
Court Injunctions Halt LASWA Ability To Remove Critical Wrecks From Waterways
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has said eight critical wrecks were removed along the inland waters in 2021, saying court injunctions have affected its capacity to remove more of such abandoned vessels to ease vessel…
NIWA , Navy , NEXIM Bank Flag-Off Survey, Charting For Lower River Niger / River Benue
National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), the Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Export and import (NEXIM) Bank have begun the survey and charting for the lower River Niger and River Benue in a bid to enhance waterways operations and stimulate…
Youths Accuse Leaders Of Freight Forwarding Associations Over Multiple Taxations In Cargo Clearance
Youths at Tin Can Island Port have accused leaders of various associations in the cargo clearance and freight forwarding practice over failure to address multiple tariff from the federal and state governments.
The…
NDLEA Intercepts 12,385kg Drugs Smuggled Into Lagos On Waterways
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the weekend seized 12,385 kilograms of Loud Cannabis, a strong variant of the illicit weed imported from a neighbouring country and smuggled into Lagos through the waterways.…
GOG: Royal Navy Ship Deployed To Protect £6billion UK Trade In West African Waters
The Royal Navy Ship "HMS Trent " has joined the fight against piracy in West African waters with the intension to help protect more than £6 billion of UK trade that passes through the Gulf of Guinea.
According to the Royal Navy…
MV.MEGHNA LIBERTY,: Chef Murders Captain Aboard Bulker In Indian Ocean
Authorities in Mauritius have detained a bulker while they investigate the murder of the captain of the vessel.
Mauritius authorities have taken the passports for all the crew and are conducting an ongoing investigation.…