Nigerian singer-songwriter Rema is currently soaring high in the charts with his smash song Calm Down (here). Since last weekend was Nigerian presidential election weeken ..
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Nigerian singer-songwriter Rema is currently soaring high in the charts with his smash song Calm Down (here). Since last weekend was Nigerian presidential election weeken ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Naval, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Piracy, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.
A reader once criticised this column as “a bit ranty”. He should close his browser now and avert his eyes. This week’s column is not going to be a bit ranty; it is ..
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The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of a new tank landing ship (LST) built by Albwardy Damen in the UAE. NNS Kada has an LOA of 100 metres, a beam of 16 metres, a maximu ..
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The International Bargaining Forum (IBF), a joint global body of maritime employers and seafarers’ unions, has removed Nigeria from its list of countries designated ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.
Last week the Swiss-headquartered and UK-listed mining company and trading house Glencore was sentenced in the UK for seven counts of bribery. Glencore pleaded guilty to ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Dive Support, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Seabed Mining, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.
Time for a quick and dirty look at three of our favourite topics – corruption in oil and gas, new marine technology, and the wind industry. Just to be clear, there is n ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ferries, Maritime Tourism, Ro-Pax World, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.
Following a very poor year for known ferry fatalities in 2021, the year 2022 saw a big improvement with the known death toll almost halved from 1,378 to 699. However, we ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.
One of the joys of writing this column is that you can receive unvarnished feedback from readers, unaware of exactly who writes the pieces. This week, however, I am unlik ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Ferries, Naval, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.
For all of my lifetime, if you had asked which country was the largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, the answer would have been Nigeria. For five decades, the count ..
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