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Maritime security project Deep Blue keeps it Dutch with delivery of De Haas speedboats

A DHM1050 rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB). © De Haas Maassluis

With the delivery of ten fast interceptor boats to Abuja, Dutch shipbuilder De Haas Maassluis has come aboard the vast Deep Blue maritime security project, which is due to become operational in June. [...] (324 words)

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Bashir Jamoh
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Amaechi attends VIP Greco-Nigerian business summit

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Nigerian Minister of Transport Rotimi Amaechi. © Guo Jun/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

NIGERIA Defence Business 02/09/2021

Admiral Gambo seeks new offshore vessels to update ageing fleet

Vice-Admiral Gambo is in charge of boosting the Nigerian Navy's prowess with the aim of curbing piracy. His mission is in tandem with the recently launched Deep Blue maritime security project. [...]

NIGERIA Defence Business 24/08/2020

Covid-19 pandemic deprives Nigerian navy of Damen patrol boats

Busy flexing its muscles since late July with maritime security operation Okun Alafia II, the Nigerian Navy's counter-piracy efforts are still short of two patrol boats stuck in Vietnam because of complications linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. [...]

A FCS 408 patrol boat built by Damen Song Cam Shipyard. © Damen Shipyards

NIGERIA Defence Business 29/06/2020

Nigerian APC maker Proforce jumps aboard Deep Blue maritime security contract

Nigeria's Proforce Defence has supplied the government with light armoured vehicles to beef up security in the Niger Delta as part of the huge Deep Blue project. The deal is a concession of sorts by Israeli firm HLSI-Blue Octagon to Abuja and Nigeria's emerging defence industry. [...]

NIGERIA Defence Business 23/06/2020

Out of Deep Blue contract, Italy is back thanks to Eligroup patrol boats

The Naples-based naval maintenance specialist Eligroup will deliver three refitted patrol boats to the Nigerian Navy and safety agency NIMASA this summer. It is a small consolation for Italy's defence industry against Israeli Blue Octagon, the architect of the vast maritime security project Deep Blue. [...]

NIGERIA Defence Business 14/05/2020

Anti-piracy: Delays in Deep Blue throw lifeline to Ocean Marine Solutions

Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS), a firm owned by an ally of the former president Goodluck Jonathan, is continuing to conduct its piracy surveillance operations off the coast of Lagos, despite the government's decision to terminate its contract in February. [...]

One of the 42 vessels operated by the private security firm OMS. © OMS

SENEGAL Defence Business 23/04/2020

Israel Shipyards to deliver third patrol boat to Dakar this summer

Israel Shipyards has started sea trials of a third Shaldag MK II patrol craft to be sent to the Senegalese navy midway through this year. Dakar is making headway in its ambitious programme to strengthen its maritime surveillance capacities. [...]

The Shaldag MK II patrol booat Soungrougrou, delivered to the port of Dakar in 2019. © Africa intelligence

NIGERIA Defence Business 20/03/2020

Nigeria brings in Cessna aircraft and Agusta helicopters for Deep Blue project

As part of its Deep Blue project for securing the country's territorial waters, Nigeria is to take delivery of two Cessna aircraft and two Agusta helicopters. Israeli company Blue Octagon recently took charge of procurement for the project after a parliamentary enquiry was launched into the conditions in which the original contract was awarded to its sister company HLSI. [...]

An Agusta AW109 helicopter, two of which are to be supplied to NIMASA and the Nigerian Navy. © Public Domain

ISRAEL NIGERIA Defence Business 13/03/2020

Blue Octagon fronts for HLSI on massive maritime surveillance contract

Just a few months after Nigeria's parliament began investigating the huge Deep Blue Project, HLSI, the Israeli firm that won the contract, passed the baton to Octagon, a company recently set up by senior figures with links to HLSI. [...]

The DB Abuja, supplied to Nigeria by Blue Octagon as part of the Deep Blue Project. © Shipyard De Hoop/DR

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