About a year after Shipping Position Daily had exclusively reported that the vessel was in distress and had been wavering around 1.5 nautical miles of the Lagos anchorage, the oil tanker; MT Vanin has finally ran aground at Lagos anchor mouth offshore.
Our correspondent gathered that the vessel finally capsized last week and sank around Latitude: 06.20.784 North and Longitude 06.23.234 East. It was gathered that the vessel was eventually sank by the high tide and storm on the water.
About a year after Shipping Position Daily had exclusively reported that the vessel was in distress and had been wavering around 1.5 nautical miles of the Lagos anchorage, the oil tanker; MT Vanin has finally ran aground at Lagos anchor mouth offshore.
Our correspondent gathered that the vessel finally capsized last week and sank around Latitude: 06.20.784 North and Longitude 06.23.234 East. It was gathered that the vessel was eventually sank by the high tide and storm on the water.
Consequently, maritime operators; including water transporters and support service providers have complained that since the incident took place, the sunk ship has been disturbing their navigation and other maritime operations, they claimed.
A maritime expert also told Shipping Position Daily that the ship if not removed immediately can lead to a maritime disaster such as oil spillage and vessel explosion if other vessels at the anchorage drift on it, especially during another heavy storm.
“This ship can cause maritime disaster such as oil spillage and vessel explosion if other vessels at the anchorage drift on it especially during heavy storm, urgent stop has to be taken by NIMASA to savage and remove this impending danger at Lagos anchorage” he said.
Continuing, the source confirmed our earlier story about the state of the ship, saying that “this vessel has been in distress for a long time. The maritime safety agency agencies; NIMASA and NPA are all aware of it, but proactive steps were not taken to remove the sinking vessel from the territorial anchorage harbor mouth”.
Investigations revealed that the vessel is one of the ships under the management of Dellion Shipping Resources Limited.
Officials of the Public Relations department of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said they were not aware of the ship’s light.
Also, when contacted, the Public Affairs Manager of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Capt Ihenacho Ebubeogu told our correspondent that he is not aware of the incident.
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