Wreck Removal: NIMASA Conducts Post Impact Assessment On Badagry Creek

• NIMASA begins removal of wrecks on Badagry creek

• …This Badagry creek is a commercial route with passenger vessels plying and we place a premium on safety of lives and property

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, announced over the weekend that it has begun planning to deploy a high-resolution magnetometer to remove wrecks from Lagos waterways, particularly all known wrecks slated for removal along the Badagry Creek.

“We shall also conduct a full bottom sweeping operation by deploying sonar imagery system with a view to establishing any existing natural or artificial obstacles lying on the seabed within the area of survey for this phase of the wreck removal exercise,” said the agency’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, during a review session of the ongoing wreck removal exercise.

“NIMASA is also taking into consideration, the impact of the entire operations on the marine environment with a view to ensuring safety of marine lives. We are monitoring the entire exercise closely to guarantee total removal of all identified wrecks.”

Among wrecks already removed included a completely submerged barge lying over 10 meters deep along the Badagry channel on coordinates 711006.1 Easting and 535294.9 Northing.

The agency also successfully removed two other completely submerged barges beneath the water at 530924.9 Northing and 710608.3 Easting.

Another completely submerged barge that was lying dangerously along the channels on 711617.5 Easting and 533601.6 Northing has also been successfully removed by the agency and taken to the dumpsite located in Kirikiri, Lagos.

They are among the identified wrecks removed along the creek from Tin-Can Island to Navy Town.

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According to Jamoh, “We worked closely with the Hydrography Unit of the Nigerian Navy in charting the waters and establishing these wrecks as critical for immediate removal. Some are completely submerged while others are partially submerged.

This Badagry creek is a commercial route with passenger vessels plying and we place a premium on safety of lives and property. We are confident that on completion, operations of the Navy in patrolling our waters will also be enhanced as the routes will be free of wrecks.”

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