LAGOS, NIGERIA: Gunmen have hijacked an offshore support vessel in the Niger Delta with five foreign workers and eight Nigerian workers aboard, according to a private security contractor.
The contractor told Reuters that HD Blue Ocean was attacked at 2:30 p.m. local time (13:30 GMT) at the entrance of the Sambereiro River. The Nigerian military has not yet confirmed the attack. According to HydroDive's Web site, HD Blue Ocean is a 6,000 bhp anchor handling tug supply vessel managed by HydroDive Nigeria and owned by Blue Ocean Maritime. Gunmen recently killed one crewmember and kidnapped another in an attack on the Eni-operated supply vessel Fulmar Lamnco. Another supply vessel belonging to West Africa Offshore was hijacked around three weeks ago.
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