FG to Secure Nigeria’s Anchorages with $195m Deep Blue Project

Eromosele Abiodun

In a move that will see the federal government take total control of the country’s maritime security, which includes anchorage, where all vessels calling at the various ports across the country berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) yesterday said the $195 million Deep Blue Project will handle all security matters when it commences.

Known as the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure or the Deep Blue Project, the security structure is designed to secure all anchorage areas in the Nigerian maritime domain.

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Source: thisdaylive.com

Arrested Chinese vessel slammed N3million fine

By Godwin Oritse

THE recently arrested and released Chinese fishing vessel ‘Hailufeng 11’ has been slammed with a fine of N3million for turning off its Automated Identification System, AIS, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has said.

The AIS is designed to be capable of providing information about the ship to other ships and to coastal authorities automatically for security monitor.

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Source: vanguardngr.com

Police smash kidnapping syndicate in Bayelsa

Femi Folaranmi

The Bayelsa State Police Command has smashed a kidnapping syndicate terrorising the people of Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states.

The successful operation with the collaboration operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) saw to the arrest of the ringleaders of the notorious kidnapping syndicate and other suspects.

The spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr Asinim Butwats, said the operation was carried out with the aid of technical intelligence generated from the IGP Technical Intelligence Unit.

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Source: sunnewsonline.com

Nigeria waters now safer for shipping – NIMASA

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) says that Nigeria’s waters are now safer for navigation, as it continues to step up efforts aimed at ridding the country of criminality at sea.

The director general of the Maritime Safety Agency, Bashir Jamoh made the disclosure during an interaction with media correspondents in Lagos.

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Failure to arrest pirates for three years has battered Nigeria’s maritime image ― Jamoh

By Tola Adenubi

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh, has revealed that Nigeria’s failure to effect any arrest of pirates terrorising her waterways between 2016 and 2019 battered her image in the international community. This is even as he revealed that so far, 27 pirates have been arrested since he took over as DG NIMASA.

Addressing maritime journalists in his office in Lagos at the weekend, Dr Bashir Jamoh, explained that the agency swung into action following two letters received from the Presidency and the office of the Secretary to the Federal Government.

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Source: tribuneonlineng.com

IRGC navy to build permanent Indian Ocean base, says commander

Iranian Navy ships in Velayat-90 military exercise, by Mohammad Sadegh Heydari via Wikipedia

Admiral Alireza Tangsiri says force regularly operates beyond Iranian waters

The naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps planned to build a permanent base in the Indian Ocean by the end of the year, Admiral Alireza Tangsiri told state-run Fars news agency.

He said the operation came at the request of military leadership and was intended to protect fishing and industrial shipping.

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Group warns against blackmail of OMS over surveillance contract

Stresses need for establishment of Floating Stations in coastal communities

By Jeremiah Urowayino

An oil and gas surveillance group in Warri South – West Local Government Area, Delta State, Ugborodo Patriotic Observers, UPO, has warned those behind the blackmail of Ocean Marine Solutions Limited, OMS, over the company’s handling of Escravos Warri and Trans Forcados Pipelines, to stop forthwith, saying it is counterproductive for the existing peace being enjoyed in the industry.

The Ugborodo Patriotic Observers in a statement released weekend after an emergency meeting held at Ode – Ugborodo, Warri South – West Local Government Area, scored Ocean Marine Solutions Limited high in the protection of crude oil pipelines and other critical facilities.

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Source: vanguardngr.com

Nigeria begins trial of pirates under new law this week

Aiming to rid Nigeria’s waterways of criminalities and reassure the global community that it is getting on top of the security issues in its maritime domain, the country will this week commence the prosecution of suspected pirates under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences Act.

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this during interactions with journalists in Lagos.

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Source: theeagleonline.com.ng

Navy of Cameroon plans to purchase two Island-class American patrol boats

According to a statement released by the United States Embassy in Cameroon, on January 21, 2020, the Cameroonian Navy plans to purchase in 2020 two 110-foot (34m) Island-class American patrol boats to greater extend its ability to patrol Cameroon’s economic exclusion zone.

Starting in January 2020, the United States began its one-year secretariat of the G7++ Friends of Gulf of Guinea Group, with Gabon serving as co-secretariat. This group coordinates the support of international partners for the maritime security standards agreed upon by West and Central African heads of state at a summit in Yaoundé in 2013.

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Source: navyrecognition.com

Joint Egyptian-Spanish naval exercise conducted in Red Sea

CAIRO, 18 June 2020: Egyptian and Spanish naval forces have conducted a joint naval exercise in the Red Sea, Thursday.

The Egyptian frigate “Suez” and the Spanish frigate “SANTA MARIA” took part in the war game hosted by Berenice Military Base in the Southern Fleet’s zone.

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Source: egypttoday.com