Nigerian tanker ban causes shockwaves

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London-There was widespread dismay from the global shipping industry on Friday following an announcement from Nigeria’s stateowned NNPC that it had banned 113 tankers from loading at Nigerian terminals and entering Nigerian territorial waters. Sources expressed shock that NNPC had taken the extraordinary step of banning such a wide range of tankers owned by large and well-established shipping companies, with very little in the way of an explanation for the banning order.