Two platform supply vessels (PSVs) operated by Middle East owner Topaz Energy and Marine have been arrested in Nigeria.

Orders were issued for the 3,300-dwt Topaz Seema (built 2014) and 3,300-dwt Topaz Faye (both built 2014) by a court in Port Harcourt towards the end of August.

Both are anchored in the port.

It is the third legal bid for $50m of breach-of-contract compensation by an unnamed former partner of Topaz in Nigeria.