Tag: Vessels
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Oil theft: Navy returns stolen crude-laden vessels to owners in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy on Friday returned a merchant tanker vessel, MV TIS IV, and a Barge Podium held for complicity in oil theft to their owners in compliance with a court judgement. The court had convicted the crew and ruled that the stolen crude be forfeited to the federal
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Buhari approves purchase of vessels to reduce illegal activities on waterways
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the purchase of monitoring vessels to reduce unregulated fishing and boost security on the waterways. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this at the 10th Annual Ministerial Conference of the Fisheries Committee for West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), held Friday in Abuja. He said safety of the nation’s…
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Nigerian ports berth 19,833 vessels in 3 years – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the traffic statistics at Nigerian ports recorded 19,833 vessels berthed at the various ports between 2013 and 2016. The statistics is contained in a report on “Shipping and Port Activities 2013 to 2016’’ released by NBS on Wednesday in Abuja. Similarly, the report stated that 544 million tonnages…
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37.5% of vessels operating in oil & gas industry owned by Nigerians– NCDMB
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has said that 37.5 per cent of vessels operating in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry are owned by Nigerians. The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Mr Simbi Wabote, disclosed this in an interview with the newsmen on Monday in Lagos. Wabote said that these was a marked…