Nigeria Archives - Baird Maritime

July 26, 2021

Ten sentenced in Nigeria over fishing vessel hijacking

Written by Baird Maritime on July 26, 2021. Posted in Catching, Piracy, Ships (Naval).

A federal court in Lagos, Nigeria, has found ten individuals guilty of hijacking a foreign-flagged fishing vessel and imposed a 12-year prison sentence on each of the def ..

June 14, 2021

COLUMN | Quick updates: Singapore DOT, Philippines MARINA and Teras Lyza; KrisEnergy and Keppel; Shell accepts climate change target change; McDermott changes management [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on June 14, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Well Intervention, Work Boat World Features.

As the end of the quarter nears, we give you a cool quartet of updates on stories and companies in the offshore sector. We begin with a wait of over three years. Teras Ly ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

June 1, 2021

Over 140 feared dead in Nigeria river boat sinking

Written by Baird Maritime on June 1, 2021. Posted in Ferries, Search and Rescue.

A total of 60 people are confirmed dead while more than 80 others have been reported as missing after a river boat sank in the Nigerian state of Kebbi on Wednesday, May 2 ..

RESEARCH & TRAINING WEEK

July 21, 2021

VESSEL REVIEW | Lana – French-built research and patrol vessel for Nigerian Navy

Written by Baird Maritime on July 21, 2021. Posted in Marine Research and Training, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Search and Rescue, Ships (Naval), Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of a new patrol and research vessel from French shipbuilder OCEA. Acquired for a cost of NGN3.4 billion (US$9 million), NNS Lana will ..

MARITIME SECURITY WEEK

June 11, 2021

VESSEL REVIEW | South African-built escort and patrol vessel for Gulf of Guinea anti-piracy missions

Written by Baird Maritime on June 11, 2021. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Nautic Africa, a subsidiary of South African shipbuilder Paramount Maritime Holdings, recently completed the construction and delivery of a new multi-purpose vessel optim ..

May 21, 2021

Nigeria Ports Authority expands pilot boat fleet with two newbuilds

Written by Baird Maritime on May 21, 2021. Posted in Pilotage.

The Nigeria Ports Authority recently took delivery of two new pilot boats in a series from Turkish builder Med Marine. The Camarc-designed PC Obonoma and PC Badariya each ..

July 19, 2021

COLUMN | Luxembourg’s report on Bourbon Rhode: Bourbon, class and the flag state could do better; Nigeria too [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on July 19, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore World, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.

Better late than never. Luxembourg’s flag state report on the sinking of the RAmpage 5000 design anchor handling tug Bourbon Rhode on September 26, 2019, was finally is ..

MARITIME SECURITY WEEK

June 11, 2021

Future Nigerian Navy landing ship floated out

Written by Baird Maritime on June 11, 2021. Posted in Ships (Naval).

Damen Shipyards Sharjah in the UAE launched a new Nigerian Navy landing ship tank (LST) into the water on Monday, June 7. Once completed, the vessel will have a length of ..

May 18, 2021

Nigerian pilot boat newbuilding contract awarded to Chinese yard

Written by Baird Maritime on May 18, 2021. Posted in Pilotage.

China’s Jianglong Shipbuilding was recently awarded a contract for the construction of two new steel-aluminium pilot boats in a series for the Nigerian Ports Author ..