Nigeria
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Nigerian tanker player enters the VLCC trades
Nigeria’s Deep Frontline Shippers has emerged as the taker of the 17-year-old VLCC Starlight Venture, a ship reported sold by…
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Africa’s richest man promises to shake up the tanker trades with giant new Nigerian refinery
A new massive refinery under construction in Nigeria is set to change the West African tanker trades with suezmaxes likely…
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Shelf Drilling seals jackup contract in Nigeria
Dubai-headquartered offshore driller Shelf Drilling has secured a contract from Total E&P Nigeria, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, for the 1983-built…
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KBR secures contract to support Nigeria’s first FLNG project
KBR will be supporting the development of Nigeria’s first ever floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. The US services giant…
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Nigeria ups hardware deployed to fight piracy
The Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure – commonly called the Deep Blue Project – has been launched today…
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Swiss tanker to be released after being held in Nigeria for more than three years
The Nigerian government has agreed to release the Swiss-flagged tanker that was seized in January 2018. The San Padre Pio…
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Shipping gathers together to fight piracy off Nigeria
Around 100 maritime companies have signed the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy, which was launched yesterday, as…
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Kidnapped crew from Bulgarian general cargo vessel released by pirates
All of the crew who were kidnapped by pirates from the 1982-built 11,900 dwt general cargo vessel have been released,…
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Hyundai Mipo wins Nigerian LPG orders
In the LPG sector, West Africa Gas, a joint venture between Nigerian National Petroleum Co (NNPC) and Ocean Bed Trading,…
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Three men fined in Nigeria as new anti-piracy laws take effect
A new anti-piracy law in Nigeria has delivered its first results. A court in Port Harcourt has fined three men…
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BW Offshore FPSO attacked by pirates off Nigeria, nine workers kidnapped
BW Offshore has announced that FPSO was attacked by pirates this morning around 4:20am local time offshore Nigeria. The pirates…
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10 crew kidnapped from product tanker off Nigeria
The Panamanian-flagged , a 6,152 dwt product tanker controlled by Piraeus-based Queensway Navigation, was attacked in Nigerian waters yesterday by…
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Nigeria takes mixed coronavirus stance on ships entering its waters
The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday introduced tough new coronavirus measures for container and dry bulk ships calling at the…
Read More » - Ports and Logistics
Ships waiting more than a month to offload boxes at Lagos
Extraordinary ongoing delays at ports in and around Lagos in Nigeria are forcing liners to deploy extra ships to the…
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BIMCO boss hits out at Nigerian piracy status quo
The departing CEO of international shipowning organisation BIMCO has hit out at Nigerian authorities’ complete failure to rein in the…
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BW Offshore FPSO extended by Eni
BW Offshore has secured an extension from Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd, a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni, for 1976-built . The…
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Piracy attacks off Nigeria rise
Piracy attacks off West Africa over the past week have escalated, reaching extraordinarily dangerous proportions where bullets were fired at…
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Shelf Drilling awarded jackup contract extension in West Africa
Dubai-headquartered offshore driller Shelf Drilling has been awarded a one-year extension for its 1982-built jackup rig . The extension is…
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19 crew kidnapped from HK-flagged VLCC off Nigeria
The piracy situation in West Africa has descended to new lows with a VLCC raided by armed men yesterday and…
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Bumi Armada sells FPSO for $40m
Malaysia’s Bumi Armada has entered into an agreement with Nigeria’s Century Energy Services Limited (CESL) for the sale of the…
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