Category: sea

In a recent exclusive interview with The Prestige Blended Magazine, the Director General of the Sea Empowerment & Research Center (SEREC), Francis Uchechukwu Aniezechukwu, shared his expert insights on port modernization, digital transformation in trade facilitation, and challenges facing Nigeria’s freight forwarding industry. Aniezechukwu, who is also a clergy, author, social activist, and customs broker,…

Lagos, Nigeria — September 18, 2025.The Sea Empowerment and Research Centre Ltd/Gte (SEREC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Barge Operators Association of Nigeria (BOAN) to enhance collaboration and promote sustainable barge operations across Nigeria. The agreement, signed in Lagos, establishes a strategic framework for joint research, policy development, and capacity building…

Boat Tragedies Reflect Absence of National Water Safety Strategy – SEREC The Sea Empowerment and Research Center (SEREC) has raised concerns over Nigeria’s recurring boat accidents, attributing them to weak enforcement, poor community engagement, inadequate data collection, and the absence of a unified national water safety strategy. In a statement by its Head of Research,…

The Sea Empowerment and Research Center (SEREC) has emphasized the urgent need for Nigeria to reposition its freight forwarding profession in line with international standards to enhance national growth and global competitiveness. Speaking on the issue, Fwdr. Eugene Nweke (Rff), Head of Research at SEREC, stated that aligning the profession with international best practices would…

SEREC Unveils Strategic Measures to Ease Port Congestion and Overhaul Container Deposit Systems in Nigeria The Sea Empowerment and Research Centre (SEREC) has released its May 2025 end-of-month bulletin, unveiling a comprehensive set of short- and long-term strategies to tackle the persistent congestion at APM Terminals Apapa and reform Nigeria’s container deposit refund practices. According…

Delay in Refund of Container Deposits: SEREC Proposes Solutions to Shipping Industry Challenges Containers at AIM Bonded Terminal, Sagamu, Ogun State The Sea Empowerment and Research Centre (SEREC), a maritime research and advocacy organization committed to promoting sustainable shipping practices and policy reform in Nigeria, has raised concerns over the continued delay in the refund…

President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Thursday, June 10, in Lagos perform the official launch of the assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also known as the Deep Blue Project. Preparatory to the launch, the Maritime Security Unit (MSU) of the Deep Blue Project, comprising personnel from the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Army,…

The U.S. government is set to release its first official estimate of the value of the nation’s marine economy, also known as the “blue economy.” NOAA and the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are set to unveil the findings next Tuesday. For the statistics, experts considered ten sectors representing businesses dependent on the…

An MSC containership has become the latest giant boxship to lose containers overboard in the Pacific Ocean. Cargo casualty firm WK Webster reports that the MSC Aries lost about 41 containers overboard as it sailed from Long Beach, California to China on January 29. MSC has since confirmed the incident and informs that the containers…

German liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has placed an order for six Ultra Large Container Vessels at South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The vessels will have capacity of more than 23,500 TEU with dual fuel engines that can operate on LNG fuel. “With the investment in six ultra large container vessels we will not…