THE BGT FLEET
The most visible feature of BGT's Nigerianness are the names of its ships — LNG Finima, LNG Bonny, LNG Edo, LNG Rivers, LNG Abuja, LNG Port Harcourt, LNG Delta, LNG Bayelsa, etc.
But its happiest milestone was the coming of age of the Nigerian crew.
Captain Hambali Yusuf, in 2003, took over control of LNG Bayelsa as the first ever Nigerian captain on NLNG vessel. Yusuf joined LNG in 1992 as a marine cadet.
On August 6, 2003, an all-Nigerian LNG Bayelsa deck crew sailed with approximately 135,000m3 of Liquefied Natural Gas through Atlantic Ocean water depths in excess of 4,000m amid varying weather conditions and wind forces to deliver her cargo at the Spanish port of Huelva, for Enagas. It was indeed a great day for Nigeria.
The second Nigerian LNG ship captain, Marvin Abbe, has also taken over command of LNG Akwa Ibom.
