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IMO2020: Merchant navy in rush for LNG engines
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports The activation of the new global regulations on high sulfur fuels for international maritime industry is pushing significant demand for liquefied natural gas from shipping companies as the industry slowly navigates from fuel oils. The…
UN demands costly route to maritime decarbonization
Industry to shell $118 bn annually on fuel transition Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Transitioning global shipping and sundry maritime logistics to cleaner fuels would require costlier operating capital for the industry, threatening the economies of small island nations and…
NCDMB graduates indigenous underwater divers
Partners Nigerian Navy, MDTI on in-country capacity The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has graduated a batch of 20 young Nigerians at the Nigerian Navy Underwater Warfare School, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos State. The programme held in partnership…
Nigerdock Wins at ECOWAS Quality Awards
Nigerdock has been recognised for its legacy of excellence and sector leadership at the second edition of the ECOWAS Quality Awards. The company emerged winner of the “Leadership Award – Category A” at the event organised by the Economic Community…
NCDMB partners Stoilic Shipping on cadets training
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has held a kick-off ceremony marking the commencement of the Cadets Training Programme being organized with Stoilic Shipping Ltd, a renowned maritime training school. The event which was conducted in Apapa, Lagos…
NSML launches initiative against marine pollution
Sopuruchi Onwuka Indigenous shipping and maritime services provider, the NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML), has launched off a campaign to mobilize mass action against pollution of the nation’s aquatic resources. The company which launched its Clean Water Initiative…
Golar points at MKII FLNG vessel for NNPC’s Yoho gas project
Sopuruchi Onwuka Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility developer, Golar LNG, is considering two floating liquefaction vessels for proposed development of the Yoho gas field in Nigeria. The Yoho field is currently operated by ExxonMobil’s Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Unlimited with…
Japa!: Four Nigerian stowaways make surprise landing in Brazil
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Four men from Nigeria who hid in the rudder of an ocean going vessel with the hope of reaching Europe ended up in Brazil where authorities gave them a surprise rescue after surviving harrowing two…
Iran seizes one oil tanker, chased away from two
Sopuruchi Onwuka It has been a busy week for the United States Navy in the Persian Gulf where it was struggling to ward off relentless Iranian forces from disrupting flow of merchant vessels ferrying commodities through the Strait of Hormuz….
Snake Island Port to earn FG N3.6 trn revenue
Sopuruchi Onwuka The development and expansion of the Snake Island Port in Lagos State generate over $5.2 billion or N3.6 trillion in revenues for the government of Nigeria under a project outline that commands princely $1.85 billon private investment. The…
