The semi-submersible oil platform, Sapura Berani, concluded its two weeks stay alongside in the port of Walvis Bay. It has departed under towage to Ghana to execute an oil drilling contract. The rig underwent repair and maintenance work alongside by Namdock, as well as a crew change.
Hopes are high that as the world economy recovers, the appetite for oil would increase. As oil demand increases, oil rigs globally play and important role in oil exploration, drilling oil wells, and to extract oil.
Simultaneous, the need for repair and maintenance facilities and related services also increase. Thanks to a huge investment and commitment by ship repair service provider Namdock, Walvis Bay is strategically located as a ship repair hub. Coupled with the commitment of other local marine industrial service providers, Walvis Bay can remain competitive as a ship repair hub against other ports on the lower west coast of Africa.
On the pictures: the sheer size of oil platform like Sapura Berani becomes clear when it is close to structures on land, like in this case berth number one in the port of Walvis Bay.