Headlines Names of Two Future U.S. Destroyers Announced U.S. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced the names of two future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers last week. The first is ... By maritimemagJanuary 7, 20190
Cover Fire Breaks Out on Board Hapag-Lloyd’s Boxship, Crew Safe A fire broke out in one container on the deck of the German-flagged containership Yantian Express on Thursday, January 3, and spread to ... By maritimemagJanuary 7, 20190
Headlines Petrochemical Leak Hits Local Aquaculture Industry in Fujian [By Feng Hao] One lunchtime in November last year, Zhang Yan, from Xiaocuo, a village in Quanzhou, Fujian province, walked into his kitchen ... By maritimemagJanuary 7, 20190
Headlines Minimum wage: Labour begins consultation, mobilisation ahead Tuesday’s strike ….As FG, labour adjourn meeting to Monday The organised labour on Friday said it had started mobilisation of members ahead of the Jan. ... By maritimemagJanuary 6, 20190
Headlines Union seeks involvement in CVFF disbursement negotiation Tayo Oladipupo Stakeholders in the maritime sector are again calling on the Federal Government to acquire ships as well as disburse the ... By maritimemagJanuary 6, 20190
Cover Pirates abduct 6 Russian sailors Six Russian Sailors have been abducted by pirates off the coast of Benin, the Russian Embassy in the West African nation said on ... By maritimemagJanuary 6, 20190
Headlines France announces ‘action plan’ to counter migrant Channel crossings The French government announced an “action plan” Friday to counter attempts by migrants to cross the Channel to Britain by sea, which ... By maritimemagJanuary 6, 20190
Headlines Iran finds new ‘potential’ oil buyers All countries that were granted waivers from the United States to continue buying a certain amount of Iranian oil imports are complying ... By maritimemagJanuary 6, 20190
Illicit Trade How grammar saved 2 drug dealers from going to jail Two alleged drug dealers have every reason to thank their stars as they were spared jail term after a judge was impressed with ... By maritimemagJanuary 6, 20190
Headlines Akeredolu’s Seaport Construction & Bitumen Exploration in Ondo South commendable-Filani A mathematician and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, Chief Dapo Filani has commended Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for his ... By maritimemagJanuary 6, 20190
Cover The Ocean Clean-up Experiences Structural Malfunction The Ocean Cleanup system suffered a structural malfunction late on December 29, 2018, and CEO Boyan Slat says the plastic cleanup ... By maritimemagJanuary 6, 20190
News Migrants: Spain replaces Italy as European gateway Most of the migrants who crossed the Mediterranean to Europe last year arrived in Spain, according to European Union estimates published ... By maritimemagJanuary 6, 20190
Customs & Excise Nigeria Customs Reforms: Service rakes in N1.2trn in 2018 Abiodun Oba The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N1.2 trillion revenue for 2018 due to various reforms being carried out by ... By maritimemagJanuary 5, 20190
Headlines Oil prices rise by more than 1% on China-U.S. trade talks, OPEC cuts Oil prices rose by more than one per cent on Friday, shaking off earlier losses, after China said it would hold talks ... By maritimemagJanuary 5, 20190
Headlines Lagos-Ibadan rail will reduce congestion at the Lagos sea port – Amaechi Abiodun Oba The Federal Government on Thursday stated that the Lagos-Ibadan rail project would reduce congestion at the Lagos sea port just ... By maritimemagJanuary 5, 20190
Cover Naples mayor offers to welcome in stranded NGO migrant boat Naples is ready to defy Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and let in a charity-run ship carrying 32 migrants that is blocked in ... By maritimemagJanuary 5, 20190