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Snake Island Port secures 45-year concession deal with NPA
Sopuruchi Onwuka Maritime infrastructure development company, Nigerdock, has struck a landmark concession deal with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) within Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ). The concession is for a period of 45 years with an optional extension. The…
Russia implicated in Houthi rebels’ strikes on merchant ships
Russia has been helping Iran-backed Houthi rebels target British and Western ships in the Red Sea, Western media reviewed online by The Oracel Today reported Saturday. Houthi militants in Yemen have reportedly been using Russian satellite data as they increase…
NSML’s training centre accredited for UK MCA courses.
Sopuruchi Onwuka NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited’s (NSML’s) Maritime Centre of Excellence (MCOE) has become Africa’s first to receive the highly desired accreditation from the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (UK MCA). This historic achievement allows the MCOE to…
Sharks off Brazil coast are “high on cocaine” __Scientists
Marine biologists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks taken from the shores near Rio de Janeiro and found they tested for high levels of cocaine in their muscles and livers. The concentrations were as much as 100 times higher than previously…
NNPC bags NIMASA certification on ship, port security
Sopuruchi Onwuka The NNPC Ltd has reiterated its commitment to sustain the Company’s march towards process improvement, regulatory compliance and performance excellence. NNPC’s Executive Vice President, Business Services, Mr. Inuwa Danladi, disclosed this while speaking on the recent certification of…
NLNG’s BGT eco-friendly AKTORAS to reduce shipping emission
Sopuruchi Onwuka Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT), a subsidiary of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has chartered a newbuild vessel, AKTORAS, in a strategic move to diversify and reduce the carbon footprint of its shipping portfolio. BGT was founded in 1989…
SIIFZ hosts NEPZA delegation; pledges economic infrastructure development
Sopuruchi Onwuka Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (“SIIFZ”) reaffirmed its commitment to Nigeria’s economic advancement during a familiarisation tour of the country’s free trade zones by the MD/CEO of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA). Speaking during the tour,…
Red Sea ship diversions unsettle vessel charter, bunker markets
* Shell, MOL, others halt all transits Sopuruchi Onwuka Continued Pirate attacks by unyielding Yemeni Houthi rebels on international shipping lines and the deterring airstrikes by the United States and the United Kingdom have made crossing canals and seas in…
Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
Sopuruchi Onwuka Iran declared on Thursday that its navy seized an oil tanker in the waters between Iran and Oman, according to foreign media sources. Iran’s state-run news agency IRNA confirming the seizure after the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations…
Nigerdock hosts UNIDO, NIPC delegations to foster investment and technology partnerships
Nigerdock, a leading Nigerian maritime and logistics company and promoter of Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ), recently hosted a delegation from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as part of efforts to drive the development of sustainable foreign…
