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Home | About Us | Customer Service | Advertise | Help/FAQ | Contact US | Feedback News By Subject Early Bird Brief Air Warfare Land Warfare Naval Warfare C4ISR News By Region Europe The Americas Asia & Pacific Rim Middle East & Africa Reference & Opinion Links & Documents Event Calendar Defense News Top 100 Commentary DefenseNewsMediaGroup Conferences Armed Forces Journal C4ISR Journal TSJ Bookstore   Posted 12/29/04 08:59  Print-friendly version Nigeria Navy Buys 15 Patrol Boats To Fight Oil Smuggling By AGENCE FANCE-PRESSE, LAGOS The Nigerian navy has bought 15 new patrol boats from the United States to fight piracy and the smuggling of stolen crude from the oil-rich west African country, a spokesman said Dec. 29. Captain Sinefi Hungiapuko told Agence France-Presse that four of the boats �are already on their way to the country and will be received by the second week of January.� He said the remaining 11 boats are expected to be delivered by their American manufacturer before the end of 2005. �The boats will be deployed to the high seas and the Niger Delta to curb piracy and illegal thefts of crude oil and other petroleum products,� Hungiapuko said. Hungiapuko said the boats were bought by the Nigerian government. Each is equipped with modern communications and weapons and is capable of speeding at 50 nautical miles per hour. �The boats are specifically made to track down vessels used for illegal bunkering. They can go to the high seas and all routes used for these nefarious activities,� he added. Nigeria is Africa�s largest oil producer, exporting 2.5 million barrels of crude per day, but the industry is prey to organized gangs of heavily-armed criminals who tap pipelines and siphon off tons of crude. Smugglers sell an estimated 100,000 barrels per day to unscrupulous foreign refineries. The multi-million dollar profits from the trade have fed an arms race among the pirate gangs and ethnic militias who ply the waterways of the Niger Delta.  Print-friendly version  Back to beginning of article  Back to Middle East & Africa Defense News In Print Middle East & Africa Headlines Nigeria Navy Buys 15 Patrol Boats To ... Pakistan Navy Ships Join Rescue Work in ... Israel�s Elbit To Buy Major Stake in ... Tehran Wants Military Cooperation with Baku ... One Killed in Nigerian Warship Explosion ... Israeli Arms to China Deal Provokes Pentagon ... South Africa Set To Become First Overseas ... Israeli Defense Exports for 2004 Exceed $3 ... Commentary Ukraine at Crossroads of NATO, Russia -- By ERIC MILLER Intel Restructuring -- By JEFFREY HARRIS Export Transformation -- By ANDREW IRWIN Home | About Us | Customer Service | Advertise | Help/FAQ | Contact US | Feedback Use of this site signifies your agreement to the Terms of Service (Updated August 13 2001)

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