Tag: Bonny Island, Pirate attack, ship
Ship escapes pirate attack south of Bonny Island
Liberia-flagged containership MV Lana escaped pirate attack on Friday while sailing south of Bonny Island, Nigeria. A skiff with six people on board attacked the...
Ship fends off pirate attack, takes refuge in Nigeria
Bermuda-flagged oil/chemical tanker Stena Important, operated by Concordia Maritime, was approached by a suspicious vessel at Doula Anchorage, Cameroon on March...
Perpetrators caught after boarding ship in Singapore Strait
A Liberia-flagged bulk carrier was boarded by three perpetrators while sailing in the Singapore Strait on Monday. At the time of the incident, the 71,313 cbm...
WACT receives Maersk Line’s first direct service ship
Nigeria’s leading container terminal, the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), has received Maersk’s first direct service containership from Far East to the...
Pirates attack ship off Cotonou
Pirates have continued to render the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) unsafe for shipping activities as another vessel, MT Minerva Virgo, came under attack, on Thursday, 45...
Pirates board ship in Singapore Strait
Four perpetrators boarded the Philippine-flagged bulk carrier Western Seattle while the ship was en route to Singapore on February 28, 2020. The boarding occurred...
U.S. fines ship mgt firm USD1.75m for waste dumping
Bernhard Schulte Ship Management (Singapore) PTE LTD, a vessel operating company, pleaded guilty in the U.S. federal court to maintaining false and incomplete...
Ivory Coast seizes cocaine with Louis Vuitton tags on ship
Ivory Coast’s navy has seized a record amount of cocaine plastic-wrapped in small bundles bearing the tattered logos of French fashion house Louis Vuitton and...
Ship goes up in flame near Strait of Hormuz
A fire broke out on board a VLCC tanker near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, although reports indicate that the fire started during maintenance work and no foul...
Ship catches fire in Gulf of Aden
A fire broke out onboard a Panamax bulk carrier while the ship was sailing in the Gulf of Aden. The incident involving the 82,600 dwt BW Acorn — operated by...
How we illegally boarded ship in Apapa — Motorboy, fisherman
A motorboy and fisherman who planned to leave the country for greener pastures in Europe by illegally boarding a vessel without purchasing ticket at the Lagos...
Firm forfeits ship used for illegal oil deal to FG
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered that a vessel, MV Shirley, should be forfeited to the Federal Government for being used for illegal conveyance of...
