2018 – Page 92 – Moov Logistics News

34 ships laden with petroleum products, Others, to arrive Lagos ports

by Tola Ojobo - January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 02089

Lagos (NAN) - Thirty-four ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports in Lagos from Jan. 8 to Jan. 30. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available

Nigeria loses N25b to Saudi airline in Hajj airlift quota

by Tola Ojobo - January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 02337

Abuja (The Guardian) - Saudi Arabian airline, Flynas, will earn about N25 billion off the Nigerian air travel market in this year’s Hajj airlifting. The disclosure followed a controversial 50 percent quota approved recently by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) at a key stakeholders’ meeting. In the deal, Flynas will

Kenyan Railway Launches Online booking System

by Casandra Aniemeke - January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 02297

Passengers waiting to board the train at the SGR Mombasa Terminus Nairobi - (Star News) -Kenya Railways Corporation has announced that passengers travelling on the Madaraka Express can now book their tickets over the internet following the introduction of the online booking system. The online platform will enable a customer to purchase

Iranian tanker collides with freighter off China; 32 missing

by Jack Smith - January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 01818

South Korea-bound oil tanker Sanchi burns early Sunday morning after colliding with a freighter off the coast of China. BEIJING (AP) — An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China’s east coast, leaving the tanker’s entire crew of 32 missing and causing it to spill

VW 2017 group sales rose to around 10.7 million cars, beating Toyota

by Jack Smith - January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 01805

A Volkswagen logo is seen at Serramonte Volkswagen in Colma, California, U.S., October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen group sales probably rose to around 10.7 million cars last year and kept the German behemoth ahead of Toyota as the world’s largest automaker, Bild am Sonntag reported, citing in-house VW estimates. Imagine

Nigeria Risks Losing Safety Aviation Certifications Over Breaches at Lagos Airport Runway

by Tola Ojobo - January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 02212

Nigeria’s status in global aviation may be downgraded if it is confirmed that bandits access the runway of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and burgle taxiing airplanes, and the government is doing little to permanently stop the breach. First, the U.S. Transport Security Administration will review its certification of

Nigeria imports dirty fuel one year after ban

by Tola Ojobo - January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 02040

One year after the Federal Government banned the importation of dirty fuels into the country as part of efforts to curb the environmental impact of vehicle emissions, the country has yet to enforce the ban. Imagine your Ad placed here The enforcement of the ban failed to come into effect on July 1, 2017 as

Pickups, SUVs and crossovers dominated strong auto sales in 2017

by Jack Smith - January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 02061

Robot vehicles might rip apart the business model of the car industry in the coming years, but for now, automakers still are selling a lot of cars and light trucks. U.S. sales for 2017 are expected to come in at 17.2 million vehicles, to be adjusted slightly up or down this

Planes collide on Toronto airport tarmac, fire prompts evacuation

by Jack Smith - January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 01991

WestJet says one of its flights, inbound from Cancun, Mexico, with 168 passengers and a crew of six, was stationary and waiting to go to a gate when it was struck by a Sunwing aircraft moving back from a gate. Two commercial airplanes collided on the ground at Toronto Pearson International

Commentary: Negotiating the best ocean freight rates for 2018

by Jack Smith - January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 02676

Maersk-Line-shipping-container-vessel-at-dockside Choosing between direct relationships with carriers and using a non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) to negotiate rates on your behalf is just one of the many issues shippers face heading into the 2018 contract bidding season on the transpacific. A big question each year for shippers needing to transport goods from