Nigeria Archives - Baird Maritime

March 31, 2021

COLUMN | Quick updates: Eni acquittal on corruption charges, SBM whistleblower, Fisher fatalities, Pacific Drilling/Noble merger, Scottish windfarm windfall, and Golar/Perenco FLNG dispute [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 31, 2021. Posted in Dive Support, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

For the end of the quarter, we feature a six-pack of updates on stories we covered recently. Eni (and Shell) acquitted over US$1 billion Nigerian corruption (for now) One ..

January 15, 2021

UK Crown prosecutors drop charges against two Nigerians for attempted tanker hijacking

Written by Baird Maritime on January 15, 2021. Posted in Piracy, Tanker World.

The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has released a statement on its decision to discontinue the prosecution of two Nigerian nationals in connection with an attempt to ..

December 22, 2020

Nigerian Navy to receive two more patrol boats from French builder

Written by Baird Maritime on December 22, 2020. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The Nigerian Navy will take delivery of two additional patrol vessels from French shipbuilder OCEA before the end of the year. The future NNS Aba is a 35-metre fast ..

March 15, 2021

15 abducted from Dutch-owned tanker in Gulf of Guinea

Written by Baird Maritime on March 15, 2021. Posted in Piracy, Tanker World.

Netherlands-based De Poli Tankers has confirmed that 15 people were kidnapped following a pirate attack on one of its vessels in the Gulf of Guinea late last week. The ..

January 4, 2021

Two charged over failed hijacking of tanker off Isle of Wight

Written by Baird Maritime on January 4, 2021. Posted in Piracy, Tanker World.

The Southampton Magistrates Court in the UK has charged two individuals in connection with a failed attempt to hijack an oil tanker in the English Channel off the Isle of ..

November 10, 2020

Pirate attack foiled off Nigeria

Written by Baird Maritime on November 10, 2020. Posted in Piracy, Tanker World.

Praesidium International reports that the crew of a commercial tanker have successfully prevented their vessel from being boarded by pirates during an incident in the ..

February 1, 2021

EDITORIAL | Covid-19 results in lowest ferry fatality toll ever in 2020

Written by Neil Baird on February 1, 2021. Posted in Ferries, Maritime Tourism, Ro-Pax World, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.

Thanks very largely to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 had the least number of fatal ferry accidents and fatalities since our records commenced in 1966, ..

December 23, 2020

Oretol Nigeria orders dredger, workboat from Dutch builder

Written by Baird Maritime on December 23, 2020. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation.

Oretol Nigeria has placed an order for a new 2,819kW cutter suction dredger and a 14-metre multi-purpose workboat from Netherlands-based Royal IHC. The dredger will have ..

October 27, 2020

UK troops storm tanker following attempted hijacking off Isle of Wight

Written by Baird Maritime on October 27, 2020. Posted in Maritime Security World, Search and Rescue, Tanker World.

A team of 40 UK special forces personnel has successfully regained control of an oil tanker in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight and arrested seven suspects who ..