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Shipping: Bigger Ships Transit Panama Canal
The 13,092 TEU Neopanamax containership COSCO Development, which measures 366 meters in length and 48.2 meters in beam, today became the largest vessel both ... -
Maritime Crimes: Gun Boats Donated by Governor Nyesom Wike
Rivers State government has donated eight assault gunboats to Nigerian Navy to boost the fight against oil theft and piracy. At the inauguration of ... -
Country, People and Governance: Court Sacks CCB chairman and Members
In what amounts to national embarassment, a pointer to how things work or fail to work in a country, a Federal High Court ... -
Corruption: Africa loses over $50bn yearly-Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, says Africa loses over $50bn yearly to illicit financial flows through money laundering, corruption and tax evasion. ... -
Recession Will be Over Soon-Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said that with the current efforts by the Federal Government to revive ... -
Norway, Singapore Adopt E-Shipping Certificates
Danish, Norwegian and Singapore maritime authorities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the adoption of E-Certificates for the shipping community. Signed by ... -
FG, States Get More Funds for National Development
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N467.8 billion, N38.7 billion more than what the three tiers of government shared in March. The ... -
Piracy in Somalia is Tied to Poverty and Famine,
The United States is closely watching a recent increase in piracy off the coast of Somalia, a senior U.S. military official said on ... -
Norway Ratifies Hazardous Cargo Treaty
Norway has become the first country to become a contracting state to a key compensation treaty covering the transport of hazardous and noxious ... -
Customs: Ali Redeploys Officers
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd), has approved the redeployment of 48 comptrollers of Customs. The redeployment, according to a statement ...