A delegation from Damen Shipyard, the Dutch company building the high-speed vessels company Cabo Verde Fast Ferry will soon bring to the country, began a four-day visit to Cape Verde this week for a series of meetings with port authorities and other entities involved in the Cabo Verde Fast Ferry project.
On Thursday, the Damen Shipyard engineers visited Vale dos Cavaleiros port on the island of Fogo and Furna port on the island of Brava to get a first-hand look at the conditions offered by the two infrastructures and to meet with Brava municipal chamber officials. In Praia, the delegation will meet with port authorities and with the Maritime and Port Institute to discuss what they saw.
The delegation is also scheduled to meet with officials from fuel companies Enacol and Shell. On Saturday, October 10, the engineers will visit the port on the island of Maio and meet with local municipal authorities, according to the web site caboverdeonline.
On Sunday, the delegation will head to the island of São Vicente, where it will visit the Cabnave shipyard and ship repair facilities and Mindelo sea port, and meet with local Maritime and Port Institute officials.
The Dutch company has regularly been sending specialists to Cape Verde to study various factors related to navigational conditions in the archipelago such as wind, sea currents and port facilities.
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