# Nigeria ship fire

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nigeria-ship-fire/62192>\
**Category:** Homepage News\
**Created:** [February 4, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nigeria-ship-fire/62192 "2022-02-04T16:07:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nigeria-ship-fire/62192/1 "2022-02-04T16:07:32Z")

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Doubtful I’ve ever posted here but check this out!, I bet this was possibly out of compliance? they had 10 crewmen aboard? … so far no one knows anything.

> **[Watch: FPSO Catches Fire And Sinks Offshore Nigeria](https://www.rigzone.com/news/watch_fpso_catches_fire_and_sinks_offshore_nigeria-3-feb-2022-167794-article/?utm_campaign=WEEKLY_2022_02_04&utm_source=GLOBAL_ENG&utm_medium=EM_NW_F1)**
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> A floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel has exploded, caught fire, and sunk at the Ukpokiti Terminal in Nigeria.

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**Author:** ![Jurgen54](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jurgen54/32/27113_2.png) [@Jurgen54](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jurgen54)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nigeria-ship-fire/62192/2 "2022-02-04T16:48:33Z")

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Recent news:

> **[Fire put out on Nigerian oil storage ship](https://guardian.ng/news/fire-put-out-on-nigerian-oil-storage-ship/)**
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> A blaze caused by an explosion on an oil storage and production vessel off Nigeria's southern Delta state has been brought under control, an agency of the ministry of environment said Friday.

Nothing new…  
see also:  
[Tanker explosion Nigeria](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tanker-explosion-nigeria/62179/5)

[Marine Incidents](https://forum.gcaptain.com/c/maritime-news/marine-incidents/18)  
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