Nigeria
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Europe
Turkish owner establishes contact with pirates who kidnapped crew off Nigeria
Turkish shipping company Kadioglu Denizcilik has established first contact with the group of pirates who kidnapped 10 crew from the…
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Europe
10 Turkish sailors kidnapped off Nigeria
Ten Turkish sailors were taken hostage by armed pirates who attacked a Turkish-flagged ship off the coast of Nigeria, the…
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Piracy
Nigerian piracy levels deemed ‘unacceptable’, international solutions sought
Some of shipping’s top stakeholders met on Friday at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to demand…
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Offshore
Tamrose Ventures acquires resale PSV from Mawei Shipbuilding
Nigeria-based Tamrose Ventures, a logistics services provider in the oil and gas industry, has acquired a resale platform supply vessel…
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Piracy
Ships on alert following three attacks off Nigeria in 24 hours
Three attacks on ships off West Africa have been reported by maritime security specialists Ambrey in the space of just…
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Europe
BW Offshore seals new Abo FPSO extension
BW Offshore has signed an extension agreement with Nigerian Agip Exploration, a subsidiary of Eni, for FPSO . Last year,…
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Tankers
Nigeria’s NNPC resumes international crude shipping service
Nigerian state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Commission (NNPC) has announced that subsidiary NIDAS Shipping Services will resume crude shipping services after…
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Piracy
Hijackings proliferate around West Africa
Details are emerging of further West African hijackings, this time further south than other recent incidents. The tanker Anuket Amber…
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Piracy
11 crew kidnapped from German boxship off Nigeria
Over the weekend pirates boarded a Liberian flagged containership off the coast of Nigeria, seizing 11 crew including eight from…
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Piracy
Crew of Swiss bulker freed after kidnapping off Nigeria last month
Twelve crewmembers kidnapped from a Swiss ship off Nigeria last month have been freed, Swiss judicial officials said on Sunday.…
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Americas
Pacific Drilling awarded drillship contract by Eni
Houston-based Pacific Drilling has been awarded a contract for drillship by Eni’s Nigerian Agip Exploration for drilling offshore Nigeria. The…
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Piracy
Twelve crew taken from Swiss bulker off Nigeria
Twelve crewmembers from Switzerland’s Massoel Shipping-owned bulker were taken from the vessel in Nigerian waters on Saturday. The 2001-built handymax…
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Ports and Logistics
Nigeria’s president calls for greater African port spending
The president of Nigeria has urged African nations to bolster port infrastructure. Muhammadu Buhari gave the opening speech yesterday at…
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Middle East
Chevron takes option on Shelf Drilling jackup
Dubai-based Shelf Drilling have announced that Chevron has taken up a six-month contract extension option on 2008-built jackup rig .…
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Middle East
Shelf Drilling awarded jackup contract in Nigeria by Amni
Dubai-based Shelf Drilling has been awarded a contract by Amni for 1981-built jackup drilling rig . The contract commences in…
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Gas
Temile orders LPG carrier at Hyundai Mipo
Temile Development, a Nigerian engineering and transportation company, has placed an order at South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for the…
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Piracy
FWN Rapide crew released by Nigerian pirates
The 11 hostages held onboard the Dutch ship have been released by Nigerian pirates after a month in captivity. Splash…
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Europe
Dutch ship attacked in Nigeria, hostages taken
Dutch MPP owner ForestWave Navigation has reported that on Saturday morning its general cargo vessel FWN Rapide came under attack…
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Africa
Matrix Energy closes in on third tanker
Nigerian group Matrix Energy is close to snapping up the 2004-built tanker for a price of roughly $10m. The ship…
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Europe
Subsea 7 wins Mobil contract in Nigeria
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) for production uplift pipeline projects offshore Nigeria.…
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