The 54-metre long vessel will operate over a range of more than 1,500 nautical miles in the Indian Ocean off the East African coast.
The vessel will help the country to strengthen its fight against illegal fishing at its Indian Ocean territory.
The illegal fishing robs the country Sh10 billion annually.
Kenya has strengthened its hand in the fight against illegal fishing at its Indian Ocean territory with the delivery of a Sh3.5 billion sea patrol vessel.
Bangladeshi shipbuilder Western Marine Shipyard (WMS) this week handed over the offshore patrol vessel known as MV Doria to Kenya’s Ministry of Fisheries, Livestock and Agriculture at its facilities in Bangladesh.
The ship will sail to Kenya at the end of this month.
‘’The ship will ensure security at the maritime boundary of Kenyan coastal boundary and will be fully manned by civilian crew who have already been recruited,’’ Fisheries Principal Secretary Micheni Ntiba said last year.
Foreign trawlers and ships continue to operate along Kenya’s 200 nautical miles Economic Exclusive Zone. The illegal fishing robs the country Sh10 billion annually.
The 54-metre long vessel will operate over a range of more than 1,500 nautical miles in the Indian Ocean off the East African coast.
Denmark’s JGH Marine ordered the vessel on Kenya’s behalf in 2014. The vessel was wholly designed and developed by Icarus Marine in Cape Town.
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