The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of a state-of-the-art Offshore Survey Vessel (OSV).
This is in a bid to optimize the functionality of Nigeria’s Blue Economy.
Director of Naval Information, Commodore A Adams-Aliyu says a French shipbuilding company OCEA SA, successfully delivered the cutting-edge OSV 115 vessel to the NN in Apapa Lagos.
The OSV 115, designed and manufactured by OCEA SA, is a 35-meter vessel built for scientific hydrographic and oceanographic missions.
Aliyu, who says the ship is equipped with progressive technology, including medium/shallow water multi-beam echo-sounders and other essential survey equipment, also notes that the vessel is primed to conduct in-depth surveys in shallow and medium waters.
This is the latest addition to the Nigerian Navy fleet and will operate alongside the OSV 190, NNS LANA, also built and delivered by OCEA in 2021.