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GOG: FG Hands Over Suspected Vessel, Crew To Ghanaian Authorities
The Nigerian Government has handed over the fishing vessel Marine 707 suspected to be carrying out illegal activities in the Gulf of Guinea to the Ghanian authorities for further investigation and possible prosecution. Nigeria also handed…
BOAT HIJACK: Police Rescues 13 Passengers , Launches Manhunt For Sea Robbers In Rivers State
Operatives of the Police in Rivers State said it has launched a manhunt for sea pirates who attacked a passenger boat and abducted some of the travellers in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The spokesman of the command, DSP.…
SEVEN MONTHS AFTER: BUA Terminal Reopens $400m Facility For Operation, As Dockworkers Commend Buhari ‘s Intervention
Barely seven months of the shutdown by management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),operational activities at BUA Ports and Terminal in Port Harcourt port, Rivers State has commenced following intervention by the Federal Government.…
Group Kicks Against NSA End – User Certificate Issuance In Port Operations,
Port activist group,Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders Importers Exporters Coalition has kicked against "End-User Certificate "( EUC ) introduced from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) in port operations , alleging that the…
Sea Robbers Hijack Passenger Boat Along Degema Local Government
Suspected sea robbers have hijacked a passenger boat along the waterways of Namasibi, New Calabar Rivers in Degema Local Government Area, Rivers State.
The boat was reportedly sailing from Port Harcourt to Ke Clan in Degema when the…
Cosco Shipping To Merge With Shanghai Tanker
The board of directors (the “Board”) of COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation Co., Ltd. resolved to approve the proposed merger by absorption (the “Proposed Merger by Absorption”) by the Company of COSCO SHIPPING Tanker (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.*…
NIWA Faults Lagos Attorney General On Waterways Jurisdiction
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has stoutly faulted the assertions of Lagos Attorney General and commissioner of justice, Moyosoro Onigbanjo, SAN on the subsisting judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division on appeal…
NPA Reaffirms Commitment For Deep Seaports Actualisation
The Managing Director ,Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) ,Hadiza Bala Usman has reaffirmed her administration's commitment to work closely with the newly inaugurated board members to ensure that the proposed deep seaports across the country…
DEAD FISHES: Researchers List Croaker As Most Affected Species Along Niger Delta Coastlines
A group of researchers under the auspices of Finima Youth Congress (FYC) has declared that croaker fish was the only affected specie affected in the recent mysterious death of aquatic lives in the Niger Delta shorelines, calling on the…
BAUCHI BOAT MISHAP: NIMASA Mulls Reopening Of Lokoja Office
In line with the recent boat mishap in Bauchi state following the lose of lives , the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safely Agency (NIMASA),Dr. Bashir Jamoh has stressed the need for the reopening of the Lokoja…