Kenyan vessel building firm gets orders in Dar for three pilot boats
Monday April 26 2021
Completion of the three vessels by Southern Engineering Company brings the number of such boats built at Seco shipyard to eight. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG
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Kenya-based shipyard, Southern Engineering Company (Seco), reached a milestone in the construction of vessels after completing three pilot boats for Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA). This brings the number of vessels built in the yard to eight in less than a decade.
The three vessels with a length of 20 metres, depth of three metres and a draft of 1.7 metres christened Rubani 1 for Dar es Salaam Port, Rubani 2 for Tanga Port and Rubani 3 for Mtwara Port. They were designed to specification by Western Australia-based award winning naval architecture firm Southerly Designs.