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Tankers seized for illegal oil transfer
The Eastern Naval Command and the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) impounded two Nigerian oil tankers near the Tema Port for allegedly engaging in ship-to-ship transfer of crude oil without authorisation on Apr 13, 2018. The "Mammy Mary", carrying some 3,801 cubic metres of crude oil, which arrived in Ghanaian waters on April 6, from Nigeria, was transferring the consignment into the receiving tanker "Metrix 1", with a cargo capacity of 5,000 tonnes, five nautical miles from the Tema Port when officials of the Ghana Navy accosted them about 4 p.m. At the time of the seizure, the "Mammy Mary" had transferred 2,000 tonnes of crude oil onto the "Metrix 1". Preliminary investigations revealed that the eight-member crew of the "Mammy Mary" had no documentation covering the consignment and could also not readily provide a name for the cargo owner or owners. The crew in the receiving vessel comprised two Pakistanis and 10 Ghanaians. The ships were towed to the Tema Port as part of the investigations. The Ghana Navy, he said, was collaborating with other agencies, such as the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and all relevant agencies, to carry out the necessary investigations into the incident to determine whether the crew had the necessary licences to transact such business in Ghana.
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