China leads Lloyd's List ranking of industry influencers The Danish ocean carrier piloted the platform in November but has now opened the program to all customers on the Asia to South America and Africa trade lanes. Maersk Line has launched a new online platform for end-to-end freight booking that aims to reduce
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UK’s newest, most expensive aircraft carrier needs repair
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the British navy's newest and most expensive aircraft carrier needs repairs after a faulty shaft seal was identified during sea trials, it was reported on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. LONDON (AP) — The British navy’s newest and most expensive aircraft carrier needs repairs after a faulty shaft seal
Kenya launches Sh22b upgraded depot
President Uhuru Kenyatta flags off a loaded container during the Launch of the Upgraded Inland Container Depot (ICD) Embakasi, Nairobi County Kenya has launched an ultra-modern inland container depot upgraded at a cost of Sh22 billion and offered 50 percent discount to exporters who will use the facility. He also directed the
Lagos Ports To Receive Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Food Items
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced in its “Shipping Position” published on Wednesday in Lagos that 30 ships laden with petroleum products, food items, and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from Dec. 15 to Dec. 30. NPA noted that the ships contained buckwheat,
FG urged to grant zero import duty waiver for shipping
Lagos (Thisday) - The Federal Government of Nigeria has been advised that if the country wants to be reckoned with as a serious shipping nation, the shipping industry must be given the same zero duty waiver given to other industries such as aviation, telecommunications, power and agriculture. Mrs Mfon Usoro, Secretary-General of the
Opening-up Eastern ports to decongest Lagos port
Apapa, Lagos (Business Day) - One of the greatest hindrances to efficiency at the seaports in Lagos is congestion. This is due to the incessant traffic gridlocks and the bad state of the access roads to the port, thereby, making it impossible for importers to take delivery of their consignments as and
Suez Canal Nov. Tolls Exceed U.S.$455 Million, Says Chairman
Iran inaugurates new extension to its main Arabian Sea port
Shahid Behehshti port of Chabahar A newly built extension to Iran's main Arabian Sea outlet, the strategic Chabahar Port on the Gulf of Oman, which more than triples its capacity and poses a challenge for a port under construction in neighbouring Pakistan was inaugurated on Sunday, December 3, 2017 by Iranian President Hassan
How Nigeria Loses N1trn to Cargo Diversion Yearly
Lagos - The Shippers’ Association of Lagos State (SALS) has determined that Nigeria loses N1 trillion annually through cargo diversion to ports in neighbouring countries due to bad roads to Lagos ports. The President of SALS, Mr Jonathan Nicol, revealed to newsmen in Lagos that the losses arose from import duties
Nigeria Woos Diplomats to back its IMO Council Bid
IMO Hq. London Two senior ministers for Transport and Foreign Affairs pushing for Nigeria’s Election. Abuja - In a bid to ensure that Nigeria wins re-election into one of the highest decision making body of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), an arm of the United Nation (UN) responsible for global maritime regulation,