Download logoDuring their stay in Equatorial Guinea, the OMAOC delegation, led by Secretary General Dr. Paul Adalikwu, and consisting of Colonel Mariko Mamadou, Dr. Jethro Brooks (Vice-Chancellor of the Accra Regional Maritime University, Ghana) and the Director General of the Abidjan Regional Academy of Marine Sciences and Techniques (Ivory Coast), visited the ASABA facilities in the Port of Malabo.
There they were received and accompanied by the shipyard's management, along with the Minister of State for Transport, Telecommunications and Civil Aviation, Honorato Evita Oma.
During the tour, the delegation visited the construction and repair workshops, the slipways and the maintenance areas, and was able to closely observe the 15-meter-long boat whose construction has already been completed, with a cruising speed of 25 knots.
The visit provided insight into the capabilities available in Equatorial Guinea for the construction, repair and maintenance of vessels, and explored possible mechanisms for cooperation between the shipyard, the OMAOC and its maritime training institutions.
The purpose is to move towards a model that allows combining academic training, practical experience, professional training and the naval industry, offering young Equatorial Guineans training closely linked to the real needs of the labor market.
At the same time, the possibilities of leveraging Asaba's capabilities to provide ship repair, maintenance and construction services to OMAOC member countries have been studied, reinforcing Equatorial Guinea's position as a maritime and industrial platform in the Gulf of Guinea.
The initiative promoted by the Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications and Civil Aviation responds to a long-term vision: to train a new generation of Equatorial Guinean professionals over the next five years, capable of progressively assuming responsibilities in all strategic areas of the maritime-port sector.
Equatorial Guinea boasts a privileged geographical location, ports, naval infrastructure, and a growing presence in regional maritime organizations. The next step is to complement these capabilities with the most important asset for ensuring their sustainability: highly trained and specialized national human resources.
In this way, the country aspires not only to effectively fulfill its responsibilities as a Flag State, Port State and Coastal State, but also to progressively consolidate itself as a regional benchmark in maritime training, port services, naval industry, maritime security and the blue economy.
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