The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has unveiled plans to acquire 100 new cabotage vessels in collaboration with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).The Director-General, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who disclosed this at the second stakeholders’ meeting in Warri, Delta State, said the agency is currently
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The Secret Codes That Airlines Don’t Want You to Know
Airplane with passengers on seats waiting to take off | Listen closely and you might hear some of these. | AwaylGl/iStock/Getty Images If you’ve ever flown on a plane before, chances are you’ve noticed that pilots and flight crew speak to each other a little differently than they do on the ground. There’s
BMW wants to turn your smartphone into your car key
Fiat Chrysler to end diesel production in passenger cars by 2022 – Report
A report in the Financial Times says Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will stop producing diesel passenger cars by 2022. However, FCA will likely continue to offer some diesel options in its trucks. (Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press) Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will end diesel passenger car production by 2022, according to a published
Boeing to have 51 percent stake in venture with Embraer: paper
FILE PHOTO: Boeing's logo is seen during Japan Aerospace 2016 air show in Tokyo, Japan, October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Boeing Co will have a 51 percent stake in a joint company currently being negotiated with Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, O Globo newspaper columnist Lauro Jardim reported on Sunday. Boeing has agreed
Corporate America’s new dilemma: raising prices to cover higher transport costs
FILE PHOTO: Freight trucks driven on the Fisher freeway in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 27, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo The drive for cost cuts and higher margins at U.S. trucking and railroad operators is pinching their biggest customers, forcing the likes of General Mills Inc and Hormel Foods Corp to spend
Amazon won’t be able to compete on cost with FedEx, Bernstein says
No Amazon Worries for FedEx "Delivering through Amazon clearly has a cost. For merchants fulfilling by Amazon, that cost is going up significantly this year," Bernstein's David Vernon wrote. The analyst added that while Amazon Prime members enjoy "free" shipping, the company increased the price of the membership in January
Strike Over, Air France Resumes Flights
The airline is slowly returning to normal but some passengers should anticipate delays. Thursday’s Air France strike involving the carrier’s pilots, cabin crew and ground staff has ended, and as of today, the carrier’s operations are slowly returning back to normal, according to a statement on its website. The one-day strike disrupted the travel
BMW to recall 11,700 cars after installing wrong engine software
A BMW-7-series FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmaker BMW said on Friday it would recall 11,700 cars to fix their engine management software after it discovered that the wrong programming had been installed on its luxury 5- and 7-Series models. “In the course of internal tests, the BMW Group has discovered that a