West Africa

  • 11 crew abducted in GoG

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    Pirates Abduct Eleven from Container Ship Pirates have seized 11 crewmembers from the container ship Pomerenia Sky off the coast of Nigeria. The Liberia-flagged vessel was headed for the Nigerian port of […]

  • Hijack off Congo

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    MDAT-GoG reports that a merchant ship has been hijacked by pirates off Pointe Noire, Congo on October 29th. The incident occurred around 102nm off the coast. The vessel, along with […]

  • Glarus crew released

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    MV Glarus crew finally released. Crew of Swiss ship freed after kidnapping off Nigeria Twelve crew members of a Swiss ship seized off Nigeria last month have been freed, Swiss […]

  • Poacher, meet gamekeeper

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    Corruption a constant concern. NSCDC probes commandants for illegal bunkering Adelani Adepegba The Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Muhammadu, has set up a team to investigate some […]

  • Nigeria’s huge freight cost loss

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    Huge scale of cost revealed. Nigeria Loses $6bn Freight Cost Yearly to Maritime Piracy By Eromosele Abiodun The federal government is losing $6 billion on freight cost yearly to piracy […]

  • NIMASA’s vow

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    Still no news on the MV Glarus hostates… NIMASA vows to secure waterways Posted By: Oluwakemi Dauda The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) will secure the nation’s territorial waters, […]

  • Black market oil

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    The higher the barrel price, the higher the crime rate. Oil’s $133 Billion Black Market By Yale Global Oil is still the world’s leading energy source, with growing demand, a fluctuating […]

  • Hostages freed in Delta

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    Still no news on abducted MV Glarus crew. 4 abducted oil workers regain freedom Abducted four members of a Joint Investigation Team probing the cause of an oil spill at […]

  • Droning on and on

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    Portable surveillance may be the answer. Deploying drones for maritime security By Sulaimon Salau As the development of drone technology gathers momentum, and gets attention of the global maritime space, Nigeria […]

  • Modular refinery work starts

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    Hopes that local refineries will reduce oil theft. Government kicks off 5,000 daily output modular refinery in Imo The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, yesterday performed […]

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