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Life At Sea: A marine engineer’s love for family, plus his Top 3…
Marine engineer Emmanuel Emesiri shares his Life At Sea experience, highlighting what he calls occupational hazard when he…
Pirates kidnap seafarer from LNG carrier in the Gulf of Guinea
An LNG carrier has been boarded and attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, resulting in the kidnapping of one crew member.
IMB: Kidnappings in GoG surge by 40% year-on-year
There has been a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of 2020,…
Maritime Academy of Nigeria resumes academic activities Oct. 28
Academic activities will resume at the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, Akwa Ibom on October 28, 2020.
Rector of the Academy,…
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea sign agreement on maritime security
In a bid to consolidate efforts at ending the upsurge of maritime crimes, piracy and insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria has…
400,000 seafarers stuck at sea as crew change crisis deepens
Some 400,000 seafarers from across the globe are now stranded on ships, continuing to work but unable to be relieved, in a…
Maritime Academy of Nigeria takes delivery of Multifunctional Simulator…
The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa Ibom, is set to take delivery of its multifunctional simulator, which has…
World Maritime Day 2020 – Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet
Today, the IMO and the global maritime community come together to celebrate the annual World Maritime Day. The 2020 theme is…
Situation Report on Maritime Academy of Nigeria
PREAMBLE
1.The 5th of September 2020, made it three years since I was appointed as Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria.…
Covid corner-cutting will lead to deaths, ‘environmental catastrophe’ – new…
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has issued a stark warning that if temporary short cuts adopted in the…