Tag: Gulf of Guinea

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • JIMEX-18 kicks off

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    Two phase, four days for each. Bilateral maritime exercise between India, Japan begins  JIMEX-18, a bilateral maritime exercise between India and Japan, began in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Japanese Maritime Self […]

  • Spain, Angola drills

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    Training and joint drills to improve response. Angola and Spain cooperate in maritime security The Angolan and Spanish navies are engaged in deepening cooperation in order to ensure the patrol […]

  • NIMASA talks ECOWAS

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    Still no sign of those hostages, though… NIMASA boss wants prompt approach to ECOWAS regional maritime security The Director-General  of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku […]

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