Ships can now berth at the Kribi deep sea Port

Valparaiso, the boat from China with two tugs, made his solemn entry at the dock Tuesday.

Under the look of almost a hundred people impressed and amazed gathered for the occasion of the Valparaiso, the vessel having on board two tugboats docked Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at the dock for the general port of the industrial port complex of Kribi (CIPK).

The Valparaíso is a ship of 168.5 m long by 25.2 m wide, weighing more than 30 000 tons. it was carrying two smaller boats (30 m long and 10 m wide), whose mission is to guide, pull, push the ships entering and leaving the port.

Their names Roi Madola and Roi Mayesse, the name of two heads Batangas.

This ceremony, according to officials at the operational unit of the CIPK, just demonstrated that the capacity and processing of this infrastructural construction is estimated at 95%.

"After the first ship which landed on February 13, loaded with equipment, the arrival of this vessel confirms that the port is already functional," said Patrice Melom, Coordinator of the operational unit of the CIPK.

On the site of the ceremony, it was a tug of the Navy who was responsible for guiding the ship, very much awaited.

A maneuver that lasted nearly two hours of clock, between the point of wetting of the Valparaiso and berthing on the dock teeming with world for the occasion.

Among the witnesses, the Director of the National Port Authority, Josué Youmba, the prefect of the Ocean Department , Antoine Bissaga, etc..."when the vessel has anchored, a driver, Cameroonian citizen went aboard the tug to guide the captain who does not know the Cameroonian waters", a port official said. This Act is the symbol of the sovereignty of Cameroon on the ship.

After successful docking yesterday, the suite of maneuvering provides the landing and the putting in water of Roi Madola and Roi Mayesse Friday, marking their official reception.

This is after teams of different administrations (health, immigration, customs, etc...) have made their inspection to ensure that everything is in order, as customary in port activities. They will be ready to guide other ships which dock on the waterfront of the Kribi deep sea port, regardless of the time.

For the record, Louis Paul Motaze, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the project of construction of the CIPK went to receive these tugs a few weeks ago in China, where they were built for Cameroon.

This acquisition, according to Patrice Melom, will allow the State to make savings where the rental of these machines can prove to be quite expensive.