SSG No 10 - Shipgaz
SSG No 10 - Shipgaz
SSG No 10 - Shipgaz
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Mitropoulos and Dimas agree<br />
on environmental challenges<br />
IMO Secretary-general Efthimios E<br />
Mitropoulos and the European Commissioner<br />
for the Environment, Stavros<br />
Dimas, agreed on a common approach to<br />
ensure global solutions to the environmental<br />
challenges. During a meeting in Brussels<br />
at the end of April, they discussed regulatory<br />
developments at IMO concerning the<br />
reduction of emissions of ships, ship recy-<br />
The hostage taking in Nigeria has<br />
escalated. On May 3, no fewer than<br />
21 expatriates were abducted at different<br />
locations in less than twelve hours. Early<br />
morning, the FPSO Mystras, owned by Italian<br />
oil company Agip, was attacked. Eight<br />
foreigners, including five Europeans, were<br />
kidnapped. They were moved to a different<br />
location and released six hours later. At the<br />
same time eleven Koreans working for Shell<br />
were abducted from a power station under<br />
construction. A few days earlier, militants<br />
THE SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING GAZETTE • MAY 21, 2007<br />
cling and the desirability for all EU members<br />
to ratify the environmental conventions<br />
adopted by IMO.<br />
Stavros Dimas stated that the EU members<br />
need to show leadership in this regard<br />
and promised IMO that he would make<br />
every effort to assist in getting all the EU<br />
States to accept and ratify the environmentrelated<br />
IMO instruments.<br />
Fake PiLot StatioN iN NigeRia The international shipping organisation Bimco<br />
warns shipowners to be aware of fake pilot stations in Nigeria. A vessel waiting off<br />
Lagos was contacted on channel 16 by a station identifying itself as Lagos Pilot Station.<br />
The caller instructed the vessel to proceed 0.5 nautical miles off the fairway buoy to pick<br />
up a pilot. The master grew suspicious and contacted the agent, who confirmed that no<br />
berth was yet available and advised the vessel to be wary of such fake pilot stations.<br />
Militants attack oil workers in Nigeria<br />
forced their way onto the FSO Oloibiri and<br />
kidnapped six Chevron workers. Nigeria is<br />
Africa’s leading oil exporter, usually exporting<br />
around two million barrels daily.<br />
Unrest has plagued Nigeria’s oil-rich<br />
southern delta region for years, and in recent<br />
months armed militants have stepped up<br />
a campaign against the oil industry, blowing<br />
up oil pipelines and kidnapping foreign<br />
workers. The latest statistics claims that the<br />
production is cut by close to 700,000 barrels<br />
per day due to the militants’ attacks.<br />
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Slight increase<br />
in Baltic oil spills<br />
Oil spills detected in the Baltic Sea<br />
increased slightly in 2006 to 236<br />
illicit spills, compared to 224 discharges in<br />
2005, according to fresh statistics from Helcom.<br />
Even with this increase, the number<br />
of detected oil spills is only half of those<br />
detected in 1999, when 488 spills where<br />
detected. Of the 236 spills in 2006, only<br />
one was larger than <strong>10</strong>0 cubic metres and<br />
two larger than <strong>10</strong> cubic metres.<br />
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