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MERCHANT NAVY: Seafarers’ Union Celebrates 35 Years Of Existence
The Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association clocked 35 years of union activities on the 14th of April 2021, the National President Comrade Bob Yousuo has disclosed .
Yousou in a statement made…
FOU ZONE C: CUSTOMS Intercepts Goods Worth N1.2b In Three Months
The Federal Operations Unit , Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service , Owerri in Imo State, said it intercepted contrabands with Duty Paid Value estimated at N1,280,885,011.00 between January and March 2021.
Jerome Attah spokesman of the…
SUEZ CANAL: Egypt Impounds MV Ever Given Over Financial Dispute
Authorities in Egypt has impounded a massive cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month amid a financial dispute with its owner, the canal chief and a judicial official said Tuesday.
Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie said the…
MWUN Assures Stakeholders Of Peaceful Branch Elections
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has assured stakeholders in the industry that the forthcoming branch elections would also be peaceful just like the recently concluded 5th Quadrennial Delegates Conference.
President…
A’Ibom Sets Up Interface Committee As Hope Brightens For Ibom Deep Seaport
The Akwa Ibom State government is inching closer to the actualization of the Ibom Deep Seaport project following the approval of a committee to interface with the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Committee for implementation of the project.…
NSML Restates Commitment To Employ More Nigerian Seafarers
The Nigeria LNG Ship Management Limited (NSML) has restated it's commitment as Nigeria's largest employer of seafarers to build capacity of the country's professionals in seafaring
Managing Director of the company, AbdulKadir…
Expert Cautions NIMASA Over Delay In CoC Issuance For Seafarers’ After Examination
A maritime expert and consultant to the International Labour Organization (ILO), Captain Thomas Kemewerigha has cautioned the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to improve on the issuance of Certificate of…
NIWA Spearheads Clampdown On Six Barges In Lagos, Engages Samsung For Construction Of Crafts
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) said the inter agency committee has again clamped down on six unseaworthy barges operating illegally within the Lagos inland waterways.
Recall that following increasing reports of…
BREAKING: MWUN Threatens To Shutdown Port Operations , Issues 7-Day Ultimatum Against IOcs
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), on Friday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government on the need to compel International Oil Companies, IOCs over refusal to allow Stevedoring Contractors and Dockworkers into their…
3 Months After: South Korean Vessel MT Hankuk Chemi Regains Freedom
Authorities in Iran said on Friday it has released a South Korean vessel intercepted three months ago along with the captain.
Iranian forces intercepted the South Korean tanker in the Persian Gulf in…