Slip way8/5/2023 ![]() Blue Economy advocacy recognizes that the oceans have a major role to play in humanity’s future and that it offers an approach to sustainable development better suited for developing nation’s circumstances, constraints and challenges. The term “Blue Economy” stems from the 2012 UN Conference on sustainable development (Rio +20) and refers to food, jobs and opportunities for development provided by Oceans and Coastal assets. The Kenya Navy Slip Way And The Blue Economy The length of the slip way allows for a larger capacity and number of vessels it can accommodate and also for vessels of larger capacity and length. Currently the existing slipways are fully booked all year round and this can portend as a revenue generating venture for Kenya aside from lowering the current cost of maintenance for its naval vessels which it has been contacting both locally and overseas. The Kenyan slipway will be of length 150 meters thereby surpassing the other slipways in the eastern coast of Africa which are of length 100m. Other slipways on the eastern coast of Africa are the Port Said Slipway in Egypt and Djibouti. The first slip way in Africa was constructed in Simonstown –South Africa for the South African Navy by Keith Mackie having improved further from the Scottish slip way. ![]() A slip way, a cradle on wheels on rails running down into the sea was patented inġ819 in Scotland by Thomas Morton. The Kenya Navy after deliberations and assessments settled for the Slip way design. There are various types/designs of dry docks. Dry docks are also used for the construction other than the maintenance and repair of ships, boats and other water crafts. This gives shipyard workers access to the ship’s hull and other areas that are usually under water. A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, the drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. The Kenya Defense Forces through its Naval Arm is in the process of implementing the construction of a dry dock. With this in mind and the Kenya Navy having been one of the clienteles, are looking at setting up our own Dry dock to enable us service our own ships and probably later look into providing services to partner institutions at a reasonable fee. Their limiting factor may be space hence the Kenya Navy Slip Way. ![]() SECOL and AMGECO are expected to have in increase in number of clientele and may have to diversify into other activities such as ship construction to meet the increasing market demand. The increased number of naval vessels will increase demand for associated activities such as ship maintenance, repairs and construction. The strategic location of the port, the maritime transportation of crude oil and other increased maritime activities in the new port are likely result in the increase in the number of naval vessels on the Kenya coast. ![]() The country has rolled out several projects along its coast line amongst them being the Lamu Port. ![]()
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