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A large ship is scheduled to dock here today from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to provide seafaring training.
The ship is owned by Philtex Limited and already officers have arrived here for finalising training logistics.
Philtex Limited signed a 10 year agreement with the Zanzibar government as an agent for registering foreign ships, including oil tankers.
The sailing training college, the Zanzibar Institute of Maritime Studies (ZIMS) would provide training to 40 individuals assigned tasks on the ship.
Abdi Omar Maalim, the director of the Zanzibar Maritime Authority (ZMA), confirmed the coming of the ship, noting that Philtex Limited would also set up investment in the Isles.
However, he said it was still premature to speak about the kind of investment Philtex Limited would set up as the company was in preliminary discussion with the Zanzibar Investment Promotion Authority ( ZIPA).
"It is indeed true that there are investors who want to set a special training facility for seafarers in Zanzibar but it is too early to give more details about it," he stated .
The 94-meter long ship has the capacity to carry 54 people in total, including 40 trainees. It was built in 1976 in Poland and underwent major repairs in 1996, in South Africa.
The maritime training ship has six generators capable of generating five megawatts of electricity. It is also equipped with scanners to detect an object located 200 meters underwater by closed circuit television cameras fitted into its system, he added.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
The ship is owned by Philtex Limited and already officers have arrived here for finalising training logistics.
Philtex Limited signed a 10 year agreement with the Zanzibar government as an agent for registering foreign ships, including oil tankers.
The sailing training college, the Zanzibar Institute of Maritime Studies (ZIMS) would provide training to 40 individuals assigned tasks on the ship.
Abdi Omar Maalim, the director of the Zanzibar Maritime Authority (ZMA), confirmed the coming of the ship, noting that Philtex Limited would also set up investment in the Isles.
However, he said it was still premature to speak about the kind of investment Philtex Limited would set up as the company was in preliminary discussion with the Zanzibar Investment Promotion Authority ( ZIPA).
"It is indeed true that there are investors who want to set a special training facility for seafarers in Zanzibar but it is too early to give more details about it," he stated .
The 94-meter long ship has the capacity to carry 54 people in total, including 40 trainees. It was built in 1976 in Poland and underwent major repairs in 1996, in South Africa.
The maritime training ship has six generators capable of generating five megawatts of electricity. It is also equipped with scanners to detect an object located 200 meters underwater by closed circuit television cameras fitted into its system, he added.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
