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Do not have security guards onboard when calling Nigeria
London: The Maritime Trade and Information Sharing Centre for the Gulf of Guinea (MTISC-GoG) has advised vessels transiting or visiting any Nigerian port not to have any security guard, whether armed or unarmed, onboard, the UK P&I Club has reported in a note to its members.
This follows statements made by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the Nigerian Navy, that they may detain any vessel entering the country’s territorial and coastal waters with security escorts on board, whether armed or unarmed. To date the Nigerian Navy has detained three vessels for having private security personnel onboard.