Nigeria Cadets Train at Havyard Shipyard, Norway

Havyard inform that Marine Platforms Limited, which will soon be taking over a ship from the Norway-based shipbuider, has sent five of its cadets to Havyard as part of their training programme.

In April 2013 Marine Platforms ordered a Havyard 857 Subsea ship from Havyard and will take delivery of the vessel from Havyard's shipyard in Leirvik in Sogn this November. A group of young Nigerian cadets who will be serving their apprenticeships on board the 'African Inspiration' have spent three weeks at Havyard to get them even better prepared for their time on board.

Taofik Adegbite, the founder and CEO of Marine Platforms, said: "Success or failure in business primarily depends on critical decisions made at different times. Training our local cadets was born out of the need to empower the local Nigerians to acquire unique technology competencies in the Marine Sector of the Oil & gas industry.

"It is believed that this training will demystify the complexities and ensure the needed knowledge associated with Vessels of this capacity. Havyard have further proven their end-to-end business outlook by partnering with us to train young Nigerians in Ship technology therefore laying credence to the correctness of our decision to build with them,' Adegbite concludes."

The cadets arrived at Havyard's yard in Leirvik in Sogn, where they stayed for the first two weeks. They got to know the yard and were informed about how Havyard builds its state-of-the-art vessels. The rest of the time was spent on board 'African Inspiration', where they had an opportunity to follow the building process and begin to get to know the ship and the systems on board.

'This has been a great opportunity for us to see the difference between school and practice, and we feel that it gives us a bit of a head start,' the cadets said 'We can study the ship in detail, and also take a closer look at its structure, which is very educational for us. And she is a wonderful vessel,' they say enthusiastically.

Havyard Ship Technology NB 115 'African Inspiration'
A Havyard 857 Subsea IMR (Inspection Maintenance and Repair) vessel that will be used for installation, maintenance and repair work on oil installations on the seabed. Designed by Havyard Design & Solutions in Fosnavåg and built at Havyard Ship Technology in Leirvik in Sogn.

Length:                              113 m
Breadth:                             22 m
Cabin capacity:                  120 persons
Cargo deck:                        1,200 sq. m
Offshore crane with heave compensation:  250 tonnes