Cover Oil: Prices surge on output cut pledge, US-China deal Oil prices soared on Monday after Russia and Saudi Arabia renewed a pact to cap output, while the US agreed to halt ... By maritimemagDecember 4, 20180
Cover Qatar to withdraw from OPEC, focus on gas exports Qatar said on Monday it was quitting OPEC from January 2019 but would attend the oil exporter group’s meeting this week. The ... By maritimemagDecember 4, 20180
Cover Spanish fishing boat carrying rescued migrants heads to Malta A Spanish fishing boat carrying 11 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya is heading to Malta, the Spanish government said on Sunday, ... By maritimemagDecember 3, 20180
Cover Iran navy launches stealth warship in the Gulf Iran’s navy on Saturday launched a domestically made destroyer, which state media said has radar-evading stealth properties, as tensions rise with arch-enemy, the ... By maritimemagDecember 3, 20180
Cover NSCDC arrest 21 suspected oil thieves, vandals in three months THE Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps ,NSCDC, has said that it arrested 21 suspects in the ... By maritimemagDecember 3, 20180
Cover Tramadol: Customs seize nine containers in Rivers The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command in Onne, Rivers State, has confiscated nine 40ft containers loaded with Tramadol with duty paid ... By maritimemagDecember 2, 20180
Cover Man drowns at friend’s birthday party in Aba A 20-year-old man, simply identified as Chidiebere David, drowned on Thursday night in the swimming pool of a new but popular hotel on ... By maritimemagDecember 2, 20180
Cover Maritime sector needs to be cleaned up to attract investors who will drive National Carrier Project – Hassan Bello Barrister Hassan Bello, the indefatigable Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, is a very busy man. He sits atop an agency which not ... By maritimemagDecember 2, 20180
Cover WNC flags-off exercise AMUM BUNENG Tayo Oladipupo The Western Naval Command (WNC) of the Nigerian Navy (NN) has said that the threat to security in Nigeria has ... By maritimemagDecember 1, 20180
Cover DRUGS: Police arrest man, 25, in Katsina Police in Katsina state have arrested a 25-year-old man, Shamsudin Salisu of Maigamji village, Funtua Local Government Area of the State with various ... By maritimemagDecember 1, 20180
Cover Ethiopia overtakes Dubai as top feeder of air traffic to Africa Ethiopia has overtaken Dubai as a conduit for long-haul passengers to Africa, highlighting the success of the state airline’s expansion drive and the ... By maritimemagDecember 1, 20180
Cover Navy intercepts 1.75m litres of adulterated diesel, arrests suspected smugglers The Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt has intercepted four barges laden with 1.75 million litres of suspected adulterated diesel believed to worth over ... By maritimemagDecember 1, 20180
Cover U.S. Sanctions: Russian Freighter Stuck Without Fuel The Sevastopol, a freighter that has been blacklisted by the United States because of her owner’s alleged sanctions violations, is stuck at the port ... By maritimemagNovember 30, 20180
Cover Senators disagree over alleged N177bn NPA scam Abiodun Oba Senators got themselves divided over the alleged non-remittance of N177 billion operational surplus made by Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, into ... By maritimemagNovember 30, 20180
Cover Nigeria imported 5.56bn litres of petroleum products in Q3 – NBS The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has disclosed that Nigeria’s importation of refined petroleum products rose by five percent to 5.56 billion ... By maritimemagNovember 30, 20180
Cover We don’t want to lose Hadiza to politics-NPA workers beg Tayo Oladipupo Staff of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said they dreaded the prospects of the Managing Director of the agency, Hadiza Bala-Usman, of leaving ... By maritimemagNovember 30, 20180