Oh, to be young today! I know, I know, I know, I know, Sophie Ellis Bextor’s 2001 single “Murder on the Dancefloor” is back topping the charts after it appeared in a post cinematic rip-off of The Talented Mr. Ripley, and David Guetta is filling the dancefloors with his Grammy nominated “Baby Don’t...
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COLUMN | Is it them, again? Argentina and Nigeria, and Vietnam’s got a maritime video star! [Offshore Accounts]
Rarely in life do you get a second chance. But since we are almost Back to December, it is time to revisit that vintage Taylor Swift classic, where the singer describes how she messed up a relationship and begs for another chance. With that attitude, she could stand for president of Argentina and...
Nigeria-operated FPSO catches fire, sinks following onboard explosions
A floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) suffered a series of explosions while off the coast of Nigeria on Wednesday, February 2. Lagos-based Shebah Exp ..
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UK maritime security firm joins task force to sign Gulf of Guinea Declaration on the Suppression of Piracy
UK-based maritime security consultancy Protection Vessels International (PVI) has joined a task force consisting of more than one hundred organisations from across the ma ..
Piracy and Its Ugly Side, Seafarers Targeted
- Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has its roots in Nigeria’s Niger Delta where oil wealth has failed to reach local populations and deep poverty has stoked militancy and armed unrest.
- Gangs speed out from swamps to raid passing vessels, snatch crews and spirit them back to Nigeria’s shores.
- Nigeria has spent nearly $200 million on its naval Deep Blue project, investing in surveillance equipment, vessels and aircraft to better secure its waters.
A recent news article published in the Yahoo written...
https://mfame.guru/piracy-and-its-ugly-side-seafarers-targeted/
TDI-Brooks wraps up multi-beam survey for TGS offshore Nigeria
US-based TDI-Brooks International, under contract to TGS, has completed a multi-beam survey offshore the Niger Delta in Nigeria. The survey, which took place in water ..
Nigerian Pirates Kidnap 35 Seafarers in the Gulf of Guinea
According to security firm EOS Risk Group, Nigerian pirates have kidnapped 35 seafarers from vessels in the Gulf of Guinea so far this year. This information was disclosed in their half year review of Nigerian piracy activity in the Gulf of Guinea.
Nigeria continues to be the World’s epicentre for piracy activity. From January through June 2018, EOS recorded 34 Nigerian pirate attacks on merchant and fishing vessels in the Gulf of Guinea. These attacks resulted in the kidnap of 35 seafarers for...
http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/08/01/nigerian-pirates-kidnap-35-seafarers-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/