Pirates suspected to come from Nigeria have attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian seaman, the commander of Benin's naval forces says.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has stressed the need to strengthen cooperation and coordination to fight piracy on the Indian Ocean.
There have been numerous articles published on the hazards posed by gases trapped in Lake Kivu. The most recent were published in the New York Times and Science Daily.
Alhaji Ibrahim Bio, Minister of Federal Ministry of Transport on Sunday in Onitsha commended the quality of work being done at the dredging of Lower River Niger.
In a country where the sector of fisheries represents 13% of the country's GDP and employs 100 thousand people, it is easy to understand the importance of the sector in the country's economy and the need to boost productivity at sea or in fish breeding lagoons.
THE Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ishaya Ibrahim has restated that the Navy is committed to policing the Nigerian waterways more effectively for maximum security of all marine operations.
An international group of researchers will meet January 13-15, 2009 at a conference in Gisenyi to grapple with the problem of Lake Kivu.
The Zambezi is home to the fishing community on Mbeta Island. But after the river rose and swallowed their homes last year, they have learned to fear it as well.
As Nigerian maritime regulators seem helpless to enforcing the 25 years old Single Hall phase-out rule of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) the port of Fujairah has announced that it is sticking to the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) commitment to the IMO's 2010 phase-out of single hull tankers.
Judges from superior courts in the South-South have calledfor the review and harmonization of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Act, the Merchant Shipping Act 2007 and the Cabotage Act
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole has said that the marine sub-sector can transform the nation's economy, if properly harnessed.
Energy experts, environmentalists, and security operatives are meeting in Accra to fashion out how to detect oil spillage in the marine waters of the country.
The World Bank supported Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP), launched in the mid-1990s, will now be extended to Burundi and Rwanda.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo has requested MPs to back his proposal to summon Environment Minister Stanislas Kamanzi, over the failure of Nile Basin member states to sign the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA).
Ms Betty Bosomtwi-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister on Tuesday noted that fish stock in water bodies were gradually being depleted as a result of bad fishing methods.
