NIGERIA, in the last two months, imported a total of 986, 492 metric tons (mt) of petroleum products, representing 1,387,410,984.2 litres of   fuel just as frozen fish tops import chart for the month of February 2019 with a total volume of 2.463million mt imported.

The seizure of donkey skins by the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, of the Nigeria Customs Service allegedly from the territory of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Command, MMIA, Lagos, may have ruptured the affected leadership’s espirit-de-corps following heated reported quarrel that developed out of the action.

Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, is now counting gains of its anti-smuggling public enlightenment and community relations initiatives, saying that at border communities around Seme, South West Nigeria, smugglers have started abandoning the illegal trade

Maersk Group, operators of A. P Moller Terminals and Mearsk Shipping Line, has recorded a 26 percent rise in revenue to $39billion in 2018 as against $31billion in 2017.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it is collaborating with the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigerian Navy, the Nigeria Police Force and other agencies to curb trans-border crimes.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has stressed the need for a greater role for women in maritime sector in the African continent.

The importance of petroleum oil to the economic growth of Nigeria can be compared to that of breath to human, as the nation relies majorly on the revenue from oil.

The Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, has decided to effect a 50 percent cut on the registration fees it recently introduced for operators in the maritime sector after consultations with relevant stakeholders

International maritime crime is becoming “increasingly sophisticated” as criminal groups exploit jurisdiction and enforcement challenges on the high seas and pose “immediate danger to people’s lives and safety”, the UN anti-drugs and crime chief warned the Security Council.

The Nigerian Navy has said that it recorded about thirty-four (34) pirate ship attacks in 2018, stating that evasive maneuver from the legal regime have been the bane in the fight against oil theft prosecution.

The International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) major change limiting the airborne sulfur dioxide emissions from international shipping is now less than a year away.

The Tin-can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has blamed the lull in port business to Chinese holiday and the Federal Government fiscal economic policy instead of the general elections as alleged by some stakeholders.

There has been an increase of incidents where vessels anchored in the waters around the island of Bintan, in the Eastern portion of the Singapore Straits, have been detained. Bintan is a popular place to anchor (“waiting for orders”) because it is close to shipping lanes and believed to be OPL Singapore but it is in fact within Indonesian territorial waters. We are grateful to SPICA for having prepared the attached outline of the issue along with their recommendations.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Sunday said it had commenced clampdown on vessels that do not comply with the provisions of the Cabotage Compliance Strategy.

Six Russian sailors, seized by pirates near Benin’s territorial waters in early January during an attack against the container ship The MSC Mandy, have been released in Nigeria, the Russian embassy in Nigeria told TASS on Wednesday.