NPA Commissioned Newly Acquired 80-Ton Bollard Pull Tugboats To Serve Large Vessels At Lekki Seaport

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA Mohammed Bello Koko alongside the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Magdalene Ajani, and the Executive Management Team commissioned the 80-ton Bollard Pull Tugboats newly acquired by the Authority for the provision of marine services to cater to the large vessels of 300 meters LOA and above that are already calling at Lekki Port and other existing ports.

While commissioning, Bello-Koko said this is part of the fulfillment of the service charter to provide relevant marine crafts, support port security patrol and surveillance, and most importantly, deliver excellent marine services, especially with the commencement of operations at Nigeria’s first deep seaport, the Lekki Deep Seaport.

These neoteric 80-ton tugboats are the first of the 2813 Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) Model in Africa, constructed by the world’s leading ship builders (Damen), and they possess exceptional seakeeping behavior, superb maneuverability of 360° using the Azimuth Thrusters, fire-fighting capability, and outstanding towing characteristics, which will enhance the maneuvering of large capacity vessels of 300 meters LOA and above presently calling at our ports.

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