Nigeria buys chinese navy ships

Simon’s Town welcomed the newest addition to the Nigerian navy fleet when NNS Unity ported at SA Navy fleet headquarters. She is the second and final P18N offshore patrol vessel (OPV) built by China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company (CSOC) for the west African country’s maritime service.

According to a statement issued by the Nigerian Navy NNS Unity will strengthen that country’s efforts against “maritime crimes and illegalities in the nation’s territorial waters and the Gulf of Guinea”. The newest addition to the Nigerian fleet has ported at Simon’s Town as one of its port calls on friendly nations before arriving in Nigeria. This, the statement said, will further boost “existing cordial relationships with sister navies around the world and the Gulf of Guinea in particular”.