Tag: Nigeria

The International Transport Workers' Federation UK has granted funds to Nigeria through the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) to construct a Seafarers Recreation Centre in collaboration with the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

Wison (Nantong) Heavy Industry, a subsidiary of Wison Offshore & Marine (WOM), and Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) signed MoU for the construction of a floating LNG project in Nigeria with an eye towards the global LNG market.

In light of the disrupted Nembe Creek trunk line (NCTL) pipeline, Nigeria has resorted to using small river vessels to transport its oil to other vessels. 

Oil rig Majestic capsized on August 15th in Nigeria when in-transit to its planned drilling location at Ovhor in Delta State.

According to Brazilian federal police, four Nigerian stowaways survived 14 days stuck in a cramped area above a cargo vessel's rudder, before rescued. 

On 28th July, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) detained bulk carrier with 24kgs of cocaine, at Lagos, Nigeria.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Monday, 10th July, that an 800,000-litre vessel carrying stolen crude oil had been intercepted offshore while heading to Cameroon and would be destroyed as a deterrent to oil theft.

Nigeria has launched a tax probe into international petroleum shipping firms (IPSCs) that did business in Nigeria between 2010 and 2019. 

Sixteen crew members from India associated with a cargo vessel dubbed MT Heroic Idun, who had been in detention for more than nine months in Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, have finally returned home.

On 28th May, Nigerian released a Norwegian-seized vessel, MT Heroic Idun, which caught because it attempted to steal Nigeria’s crude oil in August 2022.