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Cook Aboard MV Guo Shun Sent To Prison For Slashing Oiler’s Forehead
A cargo ship cook has been sent to prison for 3 months for slashing a man’s forehead with a meat cleaver.
The 56-year-old Chinese national Wang Wei had slashed a man’s head as he had poked him in the eyebrow.
The…
Dockworkers “Pass Vote Of Confidence” For Comrade Ohize Reelection As Branch President
Dockworkers under the aegis of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have passed a vote of confidence to the incumbent branch President , Comrade Tajudeen Ohize for his second term reelection ambition.
The Dockworkers…
MV Kanpur Faces Investigation After Jumping Sailor Rescued By Marine Police
A sailor who jumped from an international oil tanker and was found clinging to a buoy five kilometres from shore in Port Phillip Bay has been placed in hotel quarantine, as authorities prepare to inspect the ship.
The…
Group Tasks “Bello Koko” To Reject MD NPA’s Appointment To Prove Innocence
Port activist group, Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders, Importers and Exporters Coalition (SNFFIEC) on Monday, knocked the Interim Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Koko for accepting to occupy the office of…
Dangote Group Denies Involvement In NPA Contract
Dangote Group has refuted media reports linking the company with International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), the company awarded the coastline terminals contract.
In a statement released on Monday, Anthony Chiejina,…
Suez Canal Authority Slashes “MV Ever Given” Compensation Claims To $600
Authority of Suez Canal has slashed its Ever Given compensation claims by nearly a third. The Egyptian body is now seeking $600m rather than $916m as negotiations stretch into another week to get the 400 m long vessel freed and able to…
US Navy Impounds Weapons From Flag Less Vessel In Arabian Sea
The US Navy on Sunday said it has seized a huge cache of illicit Russian and Chinese weapons from a stateless vessel sailing in international waters of the northern Arabian Sea.
“The cache of weapons included dozens of advanced…
Local Content, Best Way Forward For Nigeria- Jadesimi
The Managing Director Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), Dr. Amy Jadesimi, has said that the way to move Nigeria and its economy forward is to embrace local content, currently being championed in the oil industry by the Nigeria…
LASG Seeks Six-Man Committee From Host Communities On Badagry Deep Seaport Actualisation
The Honourable Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Lagos State Dr. (Mrs.) Lola Akande has implored the 12 host communities on the Badagry Deep Seaport actualisation to appoint a six-man committee as their representative at…
CRUISE: German Lines To Resume Domestic Voyage In May
Sequel to travel restrictions that would be reduced in northern parts of Germany, the cruise industry announced plans to resume domestic voyages.
Three of the German cruise operators, AIDA, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, and TUI, each…