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Tantita Intercepts 800,000 Litres Vessel With Stolen Crude Oil

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The Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSBL) has intercepted a cargo vessel with stolen crude oil.

Daily Report Nigeria reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited announced the latest interception by Tantita via a statement by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Garba Deen Muhammad.

Garba in the statement on Monday, said the vessel was intercepted on July 7, 2023, while on its way to Cameroun.

The vessel, with the details MT TURA II (IMO number: 6620462), belonged to a Nigerian Registered Company, HOLAB MARITIME SERVICES LIMITED with Registration Number RC81331.

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THe statement added that the vessel has been in the illegal crude oil transportation business for twelve years.

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The statement read in part:

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the crude oil cargo onboard was illegally sourced from a well jacket offshore Ondo State, Nigeria. There was no valid documentation for the Vessel or the Crude Oil Cargo onboard at the time of the arrest.

“Further investigation into the activities of the vessel at the NNPC Ltd. Command and Control Centre also revealed that the Vessel has been operating in stealth mode for the last twelve (12) years. The last reported location of the Vessel was Tin Can Port in July 2011.”

“NNPC Ltd. assures Nigerians that we will sustain the momentum in the war against crude oil theft until it is brought to a halt,” it added.

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