Welcome to the Blue Economy - the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and the health of marine ecosystems
What Exactly Is the Blue Economy?
The Blue Economy is not just about fishing or shipping , it’s about value creation from all ocean-linked activities. It includes marine logistics, shipbuilding, aquaculture, offshore…
The oceans carry the lifeblood of trade, energy, and progress across continents. Long before airplanes and fiber-optic cables, ships were the first great connectors, turning coastlines into crossroads and shaping civilizations through exchange.
1. The Foundation of Global Trade
Every product that fills a shelf, fuels a factory, or feeds a family has likely crossed…
Walk along any jetty in Nigeria and one thing becomes immediately clear: the marine world has long been a man’s world. The smell of diesel, the heavy clang of metal, the vastness of the vessels all speak a language that, for decades, excluded women.
But the tide is changing. Slowly, yet unmistakably.
Across Nigeria’s maritime…
In an era where every industry is being challenged to operate more responsibly, the marine logistics sector sits at a unique intersection. It carries the weight of global trade and in Nigeria’s case, the burden of ensuring crude oil gets from field to export terminal. It also operates within delicate ecosystems, vulnerable coastlines, and communities…
For decades, Nigeria’s crude oil has powered economies, funded public infrastructure, and shaped regional trade. But beneath the headlines of production volumes and export earnings lies an operational story ; one that determines whether oil ever reaches the export terminal at all.
That story is about crude evacuation, and increasingly, it’s being told on water.…
