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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kenya has unveiled a modern shipyard at the Mtongwe Navy base in Mombasa, making her the first country in sub-Saharan Africa with such a facility.<\/p>\n

Kenya Shipyards Ltd (KSL) has the capacity to handle vessels of more than 4,000 tonnes and 150 metres and will boost the East African country\u2019s status as a maritime hub.<\/p>\n

The new facility has the longest slipway, a platform on which ships are secured and winched out of water into a working area for construction, repair, refitting and maintenance.<\/p>\n

The modern shipyard has two ship-building hangers, one 150 metres long and 30 metres high and a smaller one 120 metres long, 20 metres high and 13 metres wide.<\/p>\n

President Uhuru Kenyatta officially opened the facility on Friday as Kenya eyes the lucrative shipbuilding and repair business.The Navy project in Mtongwe gives Kenya a competitive advantage in shipbuilding and maritime engineering in eastern and central Africa, with the inauguration of a marine academy in Kisumu helping to boost human resource training for sustainable growth of the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the project, Kenya, which owns about 17 military ships, seeks to save $6,800 million per vessel in maintenance fees every 10 years considering that since independence, all Kenyan ships have been serviced and maintained overseas, either in Spain or Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Every ship has a lifespan of 10-15 years before a full makeover,\u201d says a notice from the Kenya Defence Forces<\/p>\n

Certified ship welders KSL will for the first time in Kenya\u2019s history employ its own certified ship welders, which is part of the Kenyan government\u2019s agenda to create over 10,000 jobs per year in the maritime sector, considering all ship welders in Kenya are foreign.<\/p>\n

The modern shipyard has two ship-building hangers, one 150 metres long and 30 metres high and a smaller one 120 metres long, 20 metres high and 13 metres wide.<\/p>\n

President Uhuru Kenyatta officially opened the facility on Friday as Kenya eyes the lucrative shipbuilding and repair business.<\/p>\n

The Navy project in Mtongwe gives Kenya a competitive advantage in shipbuilding and maritime engineering in eastern and central Africa, with the inauguration of a marine academy in Kisumu helping to boost human resource training for sustainable growth of the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the project, Kenya, which owns about 17 military ships, seeks to save $6,800 million per vessel in maintenance fees every 10 years considering that since independence, all Kenyan ships have been serviced and maintained overseas, either in Spain or Netherlands. Every ship has a lifespan of 10-15 years before a full makeover,\u201d says a notice from the Kenya Defence Forces.<\/p>\n

Certified ship welders<\/b><\/p>\n

KSL will for the first time in Kenya\u2019s history employ its own certified ship welders, which is part of the Kenyan government\u2019s agenda to create over 10,000 jobs per year in the maritime sector, considering all ship welders in Kenya are foreign.<\/p>\n

KSL is the anchor industry for the blue economy and will provide civil and modular infrastructure workshops, slipways, jetties, bridges and others required to support the maritime industry.<\/p>\n

Kenya has already formed a full department on the national blue economy, which will require specialised vessels such as deep sea fishing in the exclusive economic zone, where vast untapped marine fisheries resources are found.<\/p>\n

Securing Kenya\u2019s marine assets requires well-equipped vessels and KSL will play a key role in offering technical support.Ship construction in Kenya is not a new concept.<\/p>\n

The country built its first vessel – the MV Uhuru II – at the Kisumu port more than 70 years ago.This is an example of how improving shipping and maritime infrastructure is a key component in Kenya\u2019s economic roadmap, by harnessing maritime resources to propel its industrialisation agenda under Vision 2030.<\/p>\n

The global market for ship construction, estimated at $126 billion in 2020, is dominated by South Korea (40 percent), China (25 percent) and Japan (15 per cent).The global maritime trade value is worth $14 trillion, of which 40 percent, worth $5.6 trillion, passes through the east coast of Africa.<\/p>\n

This means that Kenya will for the first time have the chance to access $ 5.6 trillion of the trade that takes place in this region of Africa by ensuring ships pass through Kenya to undergo repair and maintenance.<\/p>\n

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