Tag: Nigeria

On 28th May, Nigerian released a Norwegian-seized vessel, MT Heroic Idun, which caught because it attempted to steal Nigeria’s crude oil in August 2022.

Earlier this week, The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom concluded that it was too late for a group of Nigerian claimants to sue two Shell companies over the Nigeria Bonga oil spill in 2011.

Port Harcourt court has ordered the release of crew of Heroic Idun that was detained by authorities in Equatorial Guinea last August. 

A Nigerian shipowner denied reports indicating that six crew members died in an unexplained accident on a tanker off Lagos.

Six seafarers died during an unexplained accident on a tanker off Lagos, with Nigerian authorities confirming the incident during the weekend.

Nigeria opened a deep seaport in Lagos on January 23, aiming to ease congestion at the country’s ports and become an African hub for transshipment, handling cargoes in transit for other destinations.

On November 28, a Danish court found a Nigerian man guilty of endangering the lives of Danish soldiers in a shooting incident on November 2021, involving the Danish frigate Esbern Snare and a crew of alleged Nigerian pirates in the Gulf of Guinea.

Nigeria wants to prosecute Danish forces that were involved in the exchange of fire with alleged pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in November 2021. The African country also demands the release of a citizen that is being tried in Denmark after a fatal firefight.

After the ship MT Heroic Idun was arrested by authorities of Equatorial Guinea at the behest of Nigerian authorities for alleged theft of crude oil from Nigeria, the 26 crew members on board are reported to have experiencing an extremely stressful period. 

The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) is trying to apprehend and prosecute the captain and crewmembers of a Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel, that allegedly threw 14 stowaways overboard.