Maritime safety
Ember Months: Lagos Issues Safety Cautions To Ferry Operators
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has charged users of waterways in the state to be safety conscious. The LASWA...
Again ICS, BIMCO, Others Restrategise To Fight Piracy
Some of the world’s largest shipping organizations are drafting a plan to deal with the changing nature of piracy and...
Fights Over Marine Boundaries Are Creating Safe Zones For Pirates
By Brandon Prins, Anup Phayal & Aaron Gold In January, Nigerian-based pirates seized the MV Mozart, a large Liberian-flagged container...
Firm Launches Technology To Track Lost Containers On Sea
Worried by the frequent loss of containers on the high sea, a digital freight company, OnePort 365, has launched a...
Drones, Navies, Attack Boats: Will They Be Enough To Tackle The World’s Latest Piracy Hotspot?
By Libby George Helicopters hover above a patrol vessel in Nigeria's frenetic Apapa port as attack boats zoom past. On...
NSCDC Vows To Prosecute Careless Boat Operators
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it will henceforth arrest and prosecute any boat driver who indulges...
MWUN Knocks NIMASA, Marine Police Over Piracy
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Rivers State Chapter, has blamed the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)...
Finally, US Navy Sea Base Arrives In Nigeria For Permanent Africa Anti-Piracy Push
The first ship permanently assigned to Africa by the USA, USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, has arrived in Nigeria’s commercial capital...
Gov. Diri Urges FG To Establish Special Outfit For Waterways Security
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has appealed to the Federal Government to establish an outfit to secure waterways in riverine...
Pirates Kidnap 5 Persons Along Bonny River
The menace of sea piracy that has bedevilled the Bonny-Port Harcourt sea route just reared its ugly head again after...
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