The economic importance of oil transportation by sea to global maritime trade cannot be over-emphasized. Imagine if producers or traders have to transport ten million barrels of petroleum by road?…
NIMASA’s new high-tech Ship Registry certificates to stem fraud The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has introduced new Nigerian Ship Registry certificates as part of efforts to reduce…
Crew boats and few other vessels are projected to top demand in the Nigeria maritime space in in the next four years. This is pure excitement for local investors, who…
Tugs (tugboats or towboats) are powerful, strongly built, and ocean-going boats that manoeuvre vessels by pushing or towing them. This is done either by direct contact or by means of…
Tanker vessels that are used for oil transportation through marine channels are referred to as oil tanker ships. Tank vessel is defined by Wikipedia as a ship designed to transport…
The maritime industry includes all enterprises engaged in the business of designing, constructing, manufacturing, acquiring, operating, supplying, repairing and/or maintaining vessels. It also entails managing and/or operating shipping lines, stevedoring…
Nigeria is one of the largest countries in Africa with a coastline spanning about 1,000 km, with over 10,000 km of nationwide interlocked rivers, creeks, lagoons and lakes that extends…
Oil rigs are a compulsory instrument in the discovery, mining and refinement of oil deposits both on land and at sea. Oil rigs could be seen from the shore of…
A licence is the authority, grant or permit to use, perform or release an entity. Every business has various licences of operations that are crucial to its success. Any new…
Women living at Agege community and its environs came out in droves to participate in the free cervical cancer screening which held on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. The event which…