The Nigerian Navy (NN) has taken supply of a state-of-the-art Offshore Survey Vessel (OSV) from French shipyard OCA SA.
A press release by the Director of Info, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Augustine Adams-Aliu, mentioned the cutting-edge OSV 115 vessel was delivered to the NN in Apapa, Lagos on April 17, 2024.
He mentioned the OSV 115 designed and manufactured by OCEA SA, is a 35-meter vessel constructed for scientific hydrographic and oceanographic missions.
Adams-Aliu said that the vessel, geared up with progressive know-how, together with medium/shallow water multi-beam echo-sounders and different important survey tools, is primed to conduct in-depth surveys in shallow and medium waters.
“This newest addition to the NN fleet will function in tandem with the OSV 190 ‘NNS LANA’, additionally constructed and delivered by OCEA in 2021.
“The first position of the brand new vessel is to conduct hydrographic and oceanographic surveys, supporting the continued NN efforts to safeguard Nigerian territorial waters and optimize the present administration’s Blue Economic system initiatives,” he added.
He recalled that the NN commenced native manufacturing of internationally recognised nautical charts in 2019 and the newly acquired OSV will additional enhance NN hydrographic charting proficiency.
“The supply of the OSV 115 vessel comes with complete assist providers, together with coaching, spare elements, tooling, and vital documentation, making certain seamless integration and operation throughout the Nigerian Navy’s fleet,” he famous.
The assertion added that the Chief of the Naval Workers, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, thanked the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his unwavering assist to the NN in her fleet renewal aspirations.