WEST AFRICA

Armed men board tanker in world’s most notorious piracy hotspot

Africa’s biggest refinery group linked to move into tanker time-charter market

Economou tanker lifts crude from first new private Nigerian terminal in 50 years

Capesize demand working West Africa to China routes poised for take-off

Former Fesco co-owner Andrei Severilov launches new shipping line from Russia

Ducat Maritime: Why shipping rice to West Africa is not for the faint-hearted

Families appeal for release of 10 seafarers kidnapped from product tanker

Commodity Care and Apex Bulk Marine ‘unfairly blamed’ for charter dispute

Dubai-based bulker operator under scrutiny after arrest and ‘disastrous’ charter

VLCCs lift record amount of West African crude as suezmaxes suffer

Clients go up against seasoned Clarksons brokers in tanker chartering challenge

Tanker trades set for shift as $12bn refinery starts to take shape

Glencore’s former oil boss denies bribery as major UK trial approaches

Bourbon boss Gael Bodenes to appeal conviction in West African corruption case

Stowaways gaining the upper hand in game of cat-and-mouse with port authorities