15 October 2021
by Chinmay Kohad
A schematic of the OCEA OSV 115 survey ship ordered by Nigeria. (OCEA)
French shipyard OCEA has confirmed that the Nigerian Navy has awarded it a contract to construct a second hydrographic survey vessel.
It introduced on 12 October that the brand new OSV 115 SC-WB survey vessel will probably be 35 m lengthy, making it smaller than NNS
Lana
, the 60 m OSV 190 SC-WB it delivered to the Nigerian Navy earlier this 12 months.
The OSV 115 is a brand new design that the corporate stated could be geared up with multi- and single-beam echosounders, water sampling functionality, an internet laboratory, and a 5.6 m boat geared up to hold out surveys in shallow water. It can have a crew of 12, have a prime velocity of 12 kt, and a variety of three,000 n miles at 10 kt.
Nigerian Navy Commander Vice Admiral Az Gambo stated on 15 August {that a} 35 m survey ship had been ordered however didn't say which firm would assemble it.
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