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Onne Multipurpose Terminal supports Nigerian LNG’s Bonny expansion
In a significant stride towards enhancing Nigeria’s natural gas processing and export capacity, Onne Multipurpose Terminal (OMT) is playing an important role in supporting Nigerian LNG’s (NLNG) Train 7 expansion project at the latter’s facility in …
Jul 28, 2023 / Curious
Yinson Production Successfully Completes Contract For FPSO Adoon In Nigeria
Client Addax exercises purchase option for the asset Yinson Production (YP) announced on Thursday (Jan12) that it has successfully completed the 16-year contract for FPSO Adoon, which has been operating at Block OML 123 offshore Nigeria. The contract …
Jan 13, 2023 / Vessels
Nigeria inaugurates first deep sea cargo port
The China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) on Monday handed over Nigeria's first deep sea port to the government after the completion of the huge maritime project in the country's economic hub city of Lagos. The completion ceremony of …
Nov 3, 2022 / Curious
FPSO Trinity Spirit sank after explosion, Delta State, Nigeria
A production vessel offshore Nigeria appears to have been gutted in a fire that broke out overnight.Shebah Exploration and Production Co. said there had been an “unfortunate incident” on the Trinity Spirit floating production, storage and offloading …
Feb 3, 2022 / Accidents
IMO supports the Government of Nigeria in its efforts to develop a Port Community System (PCS) for electronic data exchange for its ports complex
IMO is supporting the Government of Nigeria in its efforts to develop a Port Community System (PCS) for electronic data exchange for its ports complex. From January to June 2022, IMO will work with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to conduct a …
Jan 10, 2022 / Curious
JGC awarded Pre-FEED Contract for first FLNG facility in Nigeria
JGC Holdings Corporation (Representative Director, Chairman and CEO Masayuki Sato) announced on Thursday (May 13) that JGC Corporation (Representative Director and President Yutaka Yamazaki), which operates the overseas engineering, procurement, and …
May 17, 2021 / Vessels
BW Offshore announces contract extension for Abo FPSO
Italian oil company Eni has extended the contract for BW Offshore's Abo Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel.BW Offshore, the owner of the FPSO, said Monday it had signed the extension with Eni's subsidiary Nigerian Agip …
Jan 4, 2021 / Vessels
Guards Fight Off Violent Pirate Attack Off Nigeria
Pirates on Wednesday reportedly attempted to attack a vessel on Nigeria waters.The attack, however, was unsuccessful as armed guards on board the ship fired warning shots, forcing the pirates to abort their mission.Reports say the security crew …
Dec 4, 2020 / Piracy
Nigeria convicts first pirates under new maritime law
A Nigerian court made the first convictions under a new anti-piracy law, giving hope to the world’s shipping fleets that legal reforms will help stem rising attacks in the Gulf of Guinea.The three men fined by the court in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s …
Aug 18, 2020 / Piracy
APM Terminals Apapa commences $80m upgrade with commissioning of new cranes
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, commissioned two new multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art Mobile Harbor Cranes (MHCs) at Apapa Port, Lagos, last week. The new cranes were acquired as part of APM Terminals’ …
Apr 27, 2020 / Curious