“We are moving  steadily to our destination”-Jamoh

The Nigerian Maritime and Safety Administration NIMASA has commenced preparations for the  deployment of its Modular Floating Dock, spokesman of the Agency, Mr. Edward Osagie told Maritime Nigeria in an exclusive chat.

Osagie told our reporter that NIMASA has moved the Floating Dock to a jetty at the Standard Flour Mills in Apapa in preparation for its movement to the scheduled operational base at the Continental Shipyard, also in Apapa, Lagos.

Speaking on the development, Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh said “The heavy 50-ton cylindrical spuds, which are for anchoring the dock, are being prepared for installation”

Jamoh further disclosed that “We are moving slowly but steadily to our destination. Today, we are lifting out the cylindrical studs to be prepared for piling at the Continental Shipyard where the Floating Dock is scheduled to commence operations. These spuds have to be firmly installed before we can tow the Floating Dock there. We assure stakeholders that very soon, Nigeria will save foreign earnings with the commencement of operations of our Dock.”

It could be recalled that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) leased designated areas at the Continental Shipyard for the operations of the Modular Floating Dock last year.

The areas include; the Dolphin Jetty, waterfront of the jetty adjourning the slipway, an administrative block, a construction, welding and mechanical workshop and a civil maintenance workshop, among others as operation of the Floating Dock  will run on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, Osagie told Maritime Nigeria.