Author name: Godswill Odiong

maritime accidents rise 4.2% to 636 in 8 months

MARITIME: EVER container ship records accident in Rio de la Plata, Uruguay

Container ship EVER LIFTING contacted Uruguay MRCC in the afternoon of August 29, 2021, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Container ship EVER LIFTING contacted Uruguay MRCC in the afternoon Aug 29 and reported a man overboard, some 12 nm south of Pirapolis Uruguay, east of Montevideo. “SAR was launched with the deployment of the helicopter, […]

MARITIME: EVER container ship records accident in Rio de la Plata, Uruguay Read More »

Dangote Refinery exports PMS to Cameroon

Dangote’s $2bn Petrochemical Plant to Produce 77 Grades of Polypropylene

Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is designed to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene in the country. With a turnover of $1.2 billion, the 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity Dangote Petrochemical plant, situated alongside the Dangote Refinery, has been strategically positioned to cater to the demands of the

Dangote’s $2bn Petrochemical Plant to Produce 77 Grades of Polypropylene Read More »

ELECTRICITY: NERC issues new Order seeking financial control of govt-owned TCN

BREAKING: Electricity Consumers in trouble as NERC emerges with Service-Based Tariff

By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has directed the Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, to start the collection of Service Based Tariff, SBT, from September his year. This will increase the tariff by over 50 per cent in the country. However, in a message to its customers, obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, the

BREAKING: Electricity Consumers in trouble as NERC emerges with Service-Based Tariff Read More »

PIA: DPR, others collapse website, NUPRC takes over

NIGERIA: A look at 12 months of Domestic Gas Revolution

The Federal Government’s decision last year to declare the next ten years, a decade of gas revolution will indeed go down as a watershed in Nigeria’s giant strides to develop a sustainable economic and infrastructural base capable of making it more competitive in an emerging global order. For most energy industry stakeholders, including those who

NIGERIA: A look at 12 months of Domestic Gas Revolution Read More »

BREAKING: Oil prices fall to $73.07 per barrel despite dropping inventory

BREAKING: Oil prices bounce back, hit over $72 per barrel

By Eyo Nsima The prices of crude oil have bounced back in the international market, hitting over $72 per barrel, as Arabian Gulf Oil Company, AGOCO, a subsidiary of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), suspends the production of 1.2 million barrels per day, BPD. Before the suspension, AGOCO had given indication that it would stop

BREAKING: Oil prices bounce back, hit over $72 per barrel Read More »

maritime accident

MARITIME ACCIDENT: Disabled container ship adrift dangerously in Aegean Sea

A Container ship JAOHAR RIMA suffered a mechanical failure late August 26, 2021, in the Aegean Sea north of Kythnos island, Greece, while en route from Algeria, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Container ship JAOHAR RIMA suffered mechanical failure late Aug 26 in the Aegean Sea north of Kythnos island, Greece, while en route from

MARITIME ACCIDENT: Disabled container ship adrift dangerously in Aegean Sea Read More »

MARITIME ACCIDENT: Nagashiki Shipping Company provides updates on grounded Capesize bulk carrier WAKASHIO in Mauritius

How Bulk carrier THOR MONADIC entered Hong Kong waters, under quarantine

Bulk carrier THOR MONADIC entered Hong Kong waters on August 24, 2021, from Shanghai outer anchorage, and was anchored south of Lamma island, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Bulk carrier THOR MONADIC entered Hong Kong waters on Aug 24 from Shanghai outer anchorage, and was anchored south of Lamma island. On Aug 25 crew tests

How Bulk carrier THOR MONADIC entered Hong Kong waters, under quarantine Read More »

Scroll to Top