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A group of unknown armed men have reportedly attacked the FPSO Sendje Berge, operating at the Okwori field offshore Nigeria.
LONDON – A group of unknown armed men have reportedly attacked the FPSO Sendje Berge, operating at the Okwori field offshore Nigeria.
According to maritime intelligence service Dryad Global, up to 11 personnel may have been kidnapped from the vessel.
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Source: offshore-mag.com
By Godwin Oritse
Pirates, yesterday, attacked Addax off-shore facility, operators of the OML 126, abducted 10 of its workers to an unknown location.
Confirming the development, Mr Emmanual Maiguwa, General Secretary, Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria, MASPAN, said he could not say much on the matter because details were still sketchy.
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Source: vanguardngr.com
PIL confirmed that the Singapore-registered, 27,379 dwt Kota Budi had been attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on 2 July at 23-35hrs (local time). The shipowner said that five Chinese crew members, including the Master, had been taken and presumed kidnapped.
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Oluwakemi Dauda
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, has set a new agenda for the nation’s apex maritime regulatory agency by embarking on new initiatives that will enable the agency carry out its core responsibilities, combat piracy and stem the cycle of criminalities on the nation’s territorial waters.
The NIMASA helmsman, it was learnt, has developed the Triple ‘S’, which is known as the NIMASA Performance Tripod (NPT), that reflects the agency’s composite of mandates as the regulator and harnesseser of the maritime domain.
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Source: thenationonlineng.net
Following similar warnings earlier in the year, the ReCAAP ISC has issued a new alert that elements of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group, is operational in Tawi-Tawi and Sabah waters, looking for kidnap targets.
To read the full alert, please download it here. To read the original report from ReCAAP, please click here.
By Godfrey Bivbere AS drug trafficking by sea increases globally, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has stressed the need for the Federal Government to strengthen the Agency to effectively combat the illicit drug trade.
This is even as the Agency indicated that there has been a rise in the volume of drug trafficking in the West African sub-region.
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Source: vanguardngr.com
Three barges have been seized by the Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt following an anti-bunkering operation.
Captain Adegoke Ebo, Executive Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, handed over the barges and some petroleum products to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday.
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Source: theeagleonline.com.ng
By Iniabasi Umo
The Nigerian Navy Ship Jubilee (NNS) said it has seized a vessel used for oil bunkering in Akwa Ibom State and arrested five suspects.
The Commander of NNS Jubilee, Commodore Majid Ibrahim, said Tuesday in Ikot Abasi while handing over the vessel and suspects to officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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Source: dailytrust.com.ng
By Akin Kuponiyi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arraigned nine suspected illegal Petroleum dealers and a vessel, MT OMUS, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria.
The alleged illegal Petroleum dealers are Anoruo Joseph; James Miracle; Louis Gbezeh; Tochukwu Nnagora; Nelson Umah; Sunday Ademoyege; Shittu Joseph, Afotan Ayene and Lukman Agberongbe. They were arrested aboard a vessel, MT Omus, by officers of the Nigerian Navy and subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution.
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Source: thenewsnigeria.com.ng
Saeed Al-Batati
AL-MUKALLA, YEMEN: The latest Saudi-led-coalition seizure of an Iranian arms shipment destined for the Houthis is further evidence of Iran’s destabilizing role in war-torn Yemen, according to government officials and experts.
“This is concrete proof of Iran’s involvement in Yemen,” Salem Al-Khanbashi, the deputy prime minister of Yemen, told Arab News.
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Source: arabnews.com
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