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Panama Approves 25-Year Concession To Hutchison’s Panama Ports
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has approved the automatic renewal of a 25-year concession to Panama Ports Company (PPC) on June 23, despite the controversies that had trailed the moves.
According to a government…
SEAFARERS PLIGHT: Mission Seeks Govt Intervention For Improved Welfare Packages
The Mission to Seafarers (MTS), on Thursday called for increased welfare packages for Seafarers, even as it seek government interventions to better their lots.
Chairman of the mission, High Chief Adebayo Sarumi made the plea in a…
FG Appoints Jime As Executive Secretary Nigerian Shippers Council
President Muhammadu Buhar toi has approved the appointment of Emmanuel-Lyambee Jime as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council.
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,…
NSC, NPA Express Displeasure Over PTOL’s Hike In Tariff
Port and Terminal Operators (Nig) Limited, PTOL has been called to order by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC).
PTOL was told that it's arbitrary increase of charges without consultation…
Shipping Industry In Nigeria Under Siege – Says MWUN
The President General of the Maritime Workers' Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Adewale Adeyanju has described the shipping sub sector in Nigeria to have come under siege, following poor retirement benefits for workers and their…
Merchant Navy Tasks FG To Engage Foreign Partners In Revamping National Shipping Line
The Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association (NMNOWTSSA) on Tuesday , advised the federal government to engage private or foreign investors for the revamping of national carrier as part of measures to…
WATER TRANSPORTATION: LASG Approves Premium Insurance Cover On Passengers Using State-Owned Ferries
The growing interest in water transportation by residents of Lagos State has received an encouraging response from the State Government.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, expanded the capacity of the Lagos State Ferry…
MWUN Makes Case For Eastern Ports Utilisation,As New Terminal Operator Springs Up In Onne
Apparently determined to encourage maritime operations in the eastern ports to reduce the enormous pressure on the Lagos ports, the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has harped on the need for investors to key into the vast…
Shipbreaking Yard Explosion Kills One, Injure 3 In Bangladesh
One worker has been reportedly killed and three others seriously injured when a boiler exploded at the SN Corporation yard in Chattogram, Bangladesh over the weekend according to local accounts.
The workers were dismantling a ship using…
Port Terminals Are Efficient; The Problem Is Road — STOAN
The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) has said that operations inside the port terminals across the country are well organised and professionally coordinated by port operators, otherwise known as concessionaires.…