News NNPC’s crude: 132 companies bid for sales contract The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday opened 2019 Direct Sale of Crude Oil and Direct Purchase (DSDP) to its local and ... By maritimemagMay 3, 20190
Customs & Excise Anxiety heightens as Seme Customs Shuts Idiroko Border against Transit Cargoes By ZION Olalekan | The Benin Republic Customs has said that all transit cargoes would no longer be routed through ... By maritimemagMay 3, 20190
Cover Containership demolitions forecast to rise But because so many containerships are relatively new, the pool of candidates for scrapping is limited. Drewry Shipping Consultants is predicting a rise ... By maritimemagMay 3, 20190
Features Indigenous shipping companies groan as $124m Cabotage funds idle Abiola SEUN | Indigenous shipowners have been worried over the non-disbursement of the $124million Cabotage Vessels Finance Fund ... By maritimemagMay 3, 20190
Customs & Excise Customs Kill Smuggler at Idiroko Border over Smuggled Rice By ZION Olalekan | There was pandemonium around Idiroko borders yesterday as officers of the Nigeria Customs Service clashed with dare devil smugglers, ... By maritimemagMay 3, 20190
Cover Expect cloudy, sunny rainy weather on Thursday – NiMet Cloudy, rainy and sunny weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorms over most parts of the country on Thursday has been predicted by ... By maritimemagMay 2, 20190
News Impending Cyclone: India shuts down ports Operations at two major ports on India’s east coast have been shut down ahead of an impending cyclone expected to make landfall on ... By maritimemagMay 2, 20190
Cover Using oil ‘as a weapon’ causes damage to OPEC – Iran Iran’s oil minister hit out on Wednesday against the use of oil sanctions “as a weapon” by the United States and the damage ... By maritimemagMay 2, 20190
Cover Ogoni Killing: 4 widows of executed activists defeat Royal Dutch Shell A Dutch court said it has jurisdiction to hear a damages suit brought against energy company Royal Dutch Shell by four widows ... By maritimemagMay 2, 20190
Headlines 20 Nigerian oil cargoes remain unsold despite price cut ’Femi Asu with agency reports About 15 to 20 cargoes of Nigerian crude oil from the April loading programme remain unsold despite ... By maritimemagMay 2, 20190
Cover Labour calls for bridging of pay disparity on Workers’ Day The need to bridge the huge salary disparity in core civil service as compared to other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) was on ... By maritimemagMay 2, 20190
Headlines NIMASA ignores alert over displacement of Nigerians by Chinese on board Cabotage Vessel. Nigerian seafarers under the aegis of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association and the Maritime Workers’ Union of ... By maritimemagMay 2, 20190
Headlines NPA goes tough on wandering trucks to end traffic gridlock – to open two truck parks for use. The Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA) has come hard on the wandering trucks around Apapa port corridor in a bid to end the malignant traffic ... By maritimemagMay 2, 20190
Economy Workers’ Day: Buhari the most labour-friendly president – Ngige President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as “the most labour-friendly president,” as Nigeria marks 2019 Workers Day. The Minister of Labour and Employment, ... By maritimemagMay 1, 20190
Customs & Excise Freight forwarders warn new customs directive could lead to port congestion seek intervention of presidency Critical stakeholders in Freight forwarding have appealed to the presidency to call the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed ... By maritimemagMay 1, 20190
Cover Boeing 737 MAX: Virgin Australia delays order Virgin Australia said on Tuesday it had delayed delivery of its order of 48 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft over safety concerns, following two ... By maritimemagMay 1, 20190
Settle all the outstanding severance benefits of the erstwhile Nigeria carrier workers – ATSSSAN urges FG 10 hours ago