Category: Opinion

COVID-19: China must pay reparation to Africa for its failures

By Oby Ezekwesili The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe injury to Africa’s development prospects and worsened the conditions of its poor and...

Customs armoured vehicles rot away, as smugglers kill officers in Ogun, Lagos

Abiola Seun The officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) are being killed by daredevil smugglers, as Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), procured are abandoned...

Trading in Contradiction of the Nigerian Cabotage Act

BY AKINSEYE OLATOKUNBO ALUKO | Nigeria's oil and gas sector has accounted for almost 90 percent of its foreign exchange...

Sanctions and the Tanker Market: Where to from here?

As the US decided to put a complete halt to Iranian oil exports, the tanker market is expected to face even more turmoil. In its...

Are We Doing Enough for the Well-Being of our Seafarers?

Dimitrios Lyrakos | Are we doing enough for the mental health and well-being of our seafarers? The answer is “no,” but this is...

Paving the Way: Women in Naval Service

Julie Vujevich The beginning of the 20th century marked a period of new beginnings and historical achievement for women in the United States Navy....

Protecting the “Blue Economy”

Piracy is just one of the challenges facing shippers in West Africa DIRK SIEBELS Just before sunrise the Kelewele, a small product tanker anchored off the...

Improving Safety Standards for Workboat Launch and Recovery

VESTDAVIT | DNV GL is reviewing a new voluntary certification standard covering the davits used to launch and recover workboats...

NIMASA Midwife Increased Wages for Dockworkers at Seaports

At a time when the organised Labour Unions in the country are agitating for increase in the nation's minimum wage, dockworkers in the maritime industry...

Disquiet as Nigeria’s river ports remain idle

In Nigeria, none of the four river ports is functional despite government spending a whooping N13.65billion to resuscitate them. ABIOLA Seun writes. Unlike other developed countries...

Sewage from Ships – Better Guidelines are Needed

BY WEI CHEN The IMO’s MARPOL Annex IV Convention aims at the “Prevention of pollution by sewage from ships.” Installing an approved sewage treatment plant...

A Step Forward: The New Caspian Sea Convention

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Trade war: China’s ace against Trump’s America

On the surface, the math works against China in its trade war with President Donald Trump’s United States, since China’s exports to the...

Africa Opens its Doors to the World Durban, South Africa.

BY THOMAS OKBO | A diverse continent with more than 50 different countries, Africa is blessed with vast natural resources - offshore oil...

Opinion: Apapa - The Journey To Hell

Funso Olojo | Note: This allegorical piece was written before the recent efforts of government to provide palliative measures on the port access roads...