NPA Bans Barge Movement at Night
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has banned their movement at night to avoid collision or impeding navigation of vessels on the channels as part of the minimum standard operating procedures to streamline the operation of barges just…
NPA Commissions Warri Port Dredging
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commissioned a dredging campaign to lift the status of operations at the Warri Port. Revealing this during a visit by the NPA Management Team…
Lady Jane, Onne Port, and Musa Danjuma’s Comet Shipping Agencies: An Interview
The berthing of Lady Jane at Onne was the result of favourable market forces and NPA’s ready infrastructure – Danjuma The recent call of Mv Lady Jane, the largest container vessel…
Carrodano’s Review of Jean Chiazor Anishere’s Essays in Admiralty
The Resource Curse and Nigeria’s Albatross: Like Oil, Like Shipping Against the news this week of massive oil theft in the Niger Delta, we revisit the prognosis by the Group…
Comet Shipping berths Lady Jane at Onne
Mv Lady Jane, the largest container vessel ever (on a maiden visit) to navigate Rivers Port is berthing now (2:30 pm 13th April 2022) at West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) at…
Nigerian Shippers Council Commends TUGAR, Flaunts NPPM Role
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Mr Emmanual Jime, has commended the work of the Technical Unit on Governance & Anti- Corruption Reforms (TUGAR) and bashed the impact of corruption against the development…
Felicity Ace Sinks with $400M in Lost Cars During Tow off Azores
The car carrier Felicity Ace transporting nearly 4,000 cars for the Volkswagen Group sunk this morning, March 1, near the Azores, nearly two weeks after the vessel was devastated by a fire.…
Port of Kherson Falls to Russian Advance, Mariupol Under Heavy Attack
The Ukrainian port city of Kherson has fallen to the Russian advance, mayor Igor Kolykhaev confirmed in a social media post on Tuesday. After days of bombardment and street fighting,…
Nord Stream 2 Retrench 106 Staff Due to Hard-Hitting Sanctions
The Swiss business entity behind the suspended Nord Stream 2 pipeline project has laid off all its staff, according to Swiss officials. The Maritime Executive reports that Nord Stream 2…
Oil Majors, Tanker Operators Withdraw from Russian Fields
The list of western companies leaving or freezing investments, and specifically in Russia’s critically important oil and gas sector, continues to grow with the repercussions also beginning to reach the…