A French shipbuilding company OCEA SA, has successfully delivered a State-Of-The-Art Offshore Survey Vessel 115 to the Nigerian Navy.
The ship was received on the 17th April 2024 in Apapa-Lagos.
The primary role of the new vessel is to conduct hydrographic and oceanographic surveys, supporting the ongoing NN efforts to safeguard Nigerian territorial waters and optimize the current administration’s Blue Economy initiatives.
Disclosing this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, the Director of Information (DINFO), Commodore Aiyuwor Adams-Aliu added that it was another move towards optimizing the functionality of Nigeria’s Blue Economy.
The OSV 115, designed and manufactured by OCEA SA, is a 35-meter vessel built for scientific hydrographic and oceanographic missions.
Equipped with progressive technology, including medium/shallow water multi-beam echo-sounders and other essential survey equipment, the vessel is primed to conduct in-depth surveys in shallow and medium waters.
This latest addition to the NN fleet will operate in tandem with the OSV 190 “NNS LANA,” also built and delivered by OCEA in 2021.
It would be recalled that the NN commenced local production of internationally recognized nautical charts in 2019 and the newly acquired OSV will further improve NN hydrographic charting proficiency.
The delivery of the OSV 115 vessel comes with comprehensive support services, including training, spare parts, tooling, and necessary documentation, ensuring seamless integration and operation within the Nigerian Navy’s fleet.
As a result, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla has expressed his gratitude to the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his unwavering support to the NN in her fleet renewal aspirations.
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