The dredger will make the delivery of the 2nd Niger Bridge faster as its introduc-tion to the project, with its higher production capacity, will fast-track the com-pletion time of the project.

The ongoing construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge has received a big boost. following the arrival of Pirat-X, a 30-feet dredger with offshore dredging and trench-ing capacity owned by B&Q, a Nestoil company, which will be deployed on the project. The dredger could help speed up work on the 2nd Niger Bridge.

The 2nd Niger Bridge can be regarded as one of the most important infrastructure projects to connect the most economically active regions of Nigeria.

The scope of works include the construction of 1.6km long bridge, 10.3km highway, Owerri interchange and a toll station.

The 1st Niger Bridge was commissioned by late Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa on January 10, 1966. It has remained the only link between the Western and Eastern parts of Nigeria for over 50 years. While there is no official data on the volume of traffic, there are days it takes over 3 hours for vehicles to cross the bridge.

“The 2nd Niger Bridge is a key national infrastructure, with immense socio-economic benefits for the contiguous states and indeed the entire nation.”

With the attendant security challenges, wear and tear on the bridge and the economic cost of time wastages, the urgency for a second bridge came to the fore. The 2nd Niger Bridge was first proposed by late President Shehu Shagari as the presiden-tial candidate of the National Party of Nigeria during the 1978/79 political campaign season. However, nothing much was done on the project throughout his tenure.

In 1987, then military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, challenged local engineers to design the 2nd Niger Bridge. The Nigerian Society of Engineers incorporated a consulting firm, called NSE PREMS Limited, which subsequently delivered a master plan However, the project received little attention until President Olusegun Obasanjo flagged off the proposed bridge in Asaba 5 days before handing over to the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

The bridge was to be financed under a public private partner-ship (PPP) with 60% of the funding coming from the contractor, Gitto Group; 20% from the federal government; and 10% each from the Anambra and Delta states.

In August 2012, the Federal Executive Council, under the President Jonathan administration, approved a contract worth 325 million for the final planning and design of the bridge. And in January 2017, a contract worth N14.4 billion for early work on the bridge was awarded to Julius Berger by the Buhari administration.

Hope rising

With the arrival of Pirat-X Dredger, the completion time of the 2nd Niger Bridge will be fast-tracked to 6 months compared to the 2-year projected completion time.

Pirat-X Dredger, owned by B&Q Dredging, is a perfect and powerful partner in all major coastal hydraulic engineering projects – from harbor construction to offshore trenching for Oil and Gas projects; and dredging navigable channels to reclaiming beaches. It can dredge and transport up to 1,120m3 soil water mixture per hour over a distance of 4.8km. It is equipped with Christmas Tree which enables it to work in offshore facilities and platforms, reduces operational time frame which leads to reduced cost.

The dredger has a production capacity of over 600,000m3 monthly of a grain size of 1.30mm in an 18-hour production per day (double shift). It comes with an extended dredge ladder capable to dredge in a depth of 32m and 38m respectively with a suction head unit to a depth of 50m. The Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) is built in Mono Pontoon construction without drive and is equipped with 3 dredge pumps: Underwater Pump, Booster Pump 1 and Booster Pump 11.

The machine has a great advantage for large land reclamations, long range sand delivery and offshore trenching. Dredging in the field is continuously monitored and evaluated with underwater viewing equipment in combina-tion with a DGPS system and mixture density and speed measuring system.

To ensure smooth operation of Pirat-X, B&Q Dredging has a structured skill transfer program designed to train Nigerians in techni-cal areas such as dredging, maintenance, fabrication, electrical/electronics and all aspects of the machine operation.

Pirat-X has also been slated for the execution of the N14.4 billion-100-hectares Phase 2 Elegushi land reclamation project.

https://nestoilgroup.com/nestoil-news/local-content/pirat-x-the-game-changer-for-the-second-niger-bridge/

This second Niger bridge is taking forever for my eyes. Though we are aware of the FG efforts but I believe they can do better and speedy things up

And Biafrans say Buhari hates them. Well, maybe because Biafrans hate everybody, they then think that everybody hates them also.

helinues:
This second Niger bridge is taking forever for my eyes. Though we are aware of the FG efforts but I believe they can do better and speedy things up

I thought your brother Goatluck Jonaddaft has constructed and commisssioned the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Niger Bridges. Which bridge are you talking about again?

jahsharon:


I thought your brother Goatluck Jonaddaft has constructed and commisssioned the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Niger Bridges. Which bridge are you talking about again?

Whose brother? Be sure before alleging

Audio bridge

This bridge go enter guiness book of records for the longest duration for any bridge ever built... Useless insincere leaders ,...spits!

Nestoil! Their money inside the recently signed budget go mighty. Make baba God reason our own matter inside the budget too.

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Slow and steady wins the race

Goodnews

Believe them at your own personal risky business

I pray this generation will not pass away before this project is being completed.

The labor of our time shall never be in vain

Correct..

Watch how this thread will soon degenerate to tribalistic slurs and ethnic supremacy tussle.

jahsharon:


I thought your brother Goatluck Jonaddaft has constructed and commisssioned the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Niger Bridges. Which bridge are you talking about again?

Y'all must ploticise everything

With the arrival of Pirat-X Dredger, the completion time of the 2nd Niger Bridge will be fast-tracked to 6 months compared to the 2-year projected completion time.

Wow it will be ready in 6 months. APC might be able to win some seats in South East next election.

Bridge agwu agwu,this bridge them they build eno de finish?. EBURU AMUCHIE

Some people are guilty of emotional problems and can never c anything good. We have people dat can even go up to extend of blaming BUHARI for dia infertility just because dey 8 dis man.just Ask them what will be dia solution to Nigeria problem if assume they are the president? U will c dem saying rubbish. They can't even be ordinary WhatsApp admin without setting the group on fire ... Everything they know is dubai have dis dubai have dat and dey didn't even have international passport. #KEYPAD WARRIORS TEAM..

Story ... ..story ............story
Once upon a time. Time time

Infrastructure wise , things are going in the right direction for us as a nation, compared to the wasted 16 years of criminals in power.
Criminals that were only after their pockets,
Criminals that were burying millions of dollars in underground pits in their homes.

To a New and more better Nigeria we go.

dukeprince50:

There are two set of people on NL
Those that love Buhari genuinely like and those that hate Buhari genuinely like ZombieTerror, the truth is when you look at those who love Buhari, they sometime have reasonable comment which is not about politics and u will be glad to read.
But those who hate Buhari will find a way to attach Buhari name to every thread. Somehow I wonder why his haters are so passionate about the hate. The man is strong sha, if na me demands deh insult like this, I for don show them say I be commandant in chf of Armed forces.
I pray not to become a president if not, I fit just vex one day leave Aso rock, go somebody house just to beat the hell out of them. Becoming a leader is not easy.

Lol
Da Prince, take am easy o,
No beat people pikin as a President biko.
Ignoring those frustrated souls, kill them more.
Most of them have nothing going for them in life anymore,
Since the easy corrupt money they depended on stopped flowing, since EFCC are after the fraudsters, why won't they hate the President?
The good thing is that whether they like it or not,
God will always be with our darling daddy in all he does.
God bless you DukePrince50.
It will end in praise.

Orissodiq:
Some people are guilty of emotional problems and can never c anything good. We have people dat can even go up to extend of blaming BUHARI for dia infertility just because dey 8 dis man.just Ask them what will be dia solution to Nigeria problem if assume they are the president? U will c dem saying rubbish. They can't even be ordinary WhatsApp admin without setting the group on fire ... Everything they know is dubai have dis dubai have dat and dey didn't even have international passport. #KEYPAD WARRIORS TEAM..

Hmmmmm, your post is deep and thoughtful.
Only the wise can understand it.
You are a very wise man.
Me Sodiq,
Talking about the bolded part/question in your post, we asked a group of wailers the other day what they will do if they are the President, Guess the answer they gave us ??!!

They all chorused they will play 2 odds with the National Budget!

We just smiled, left their midst to concentrate on our Barbecue on the Grills!

Blindersoff:

lmao so you all see how wailers sound when they claim no bridge is being constructed right? Now suddenly one of the wailers who happens to be the OP is rejoicing because a dredger has joined a construction they all claimed was non existent

Lmao
That is the life of a wailer.
Hypocrite is their middle name.

Orissodiq:



Lol.... I just can't stop laughing.....

Lol, don't mind those wailers jor.
They are all a waste of time.
We know genuine critics who criticize the government when things are not right.
We love and repsect those type of critics.
Those ones appreciate when they see good things going on also.
Not the Nairaland wailers that are negative 365 days of the year.

Stay blessed man.
Been a day, time to hit the bed!
Peace out!

PMB has continue to shown his haters that under low oil prices low FG revenue he is doing what 16 years of locusts, PDP couldn't achieve. We shall surely get there.

MycroftHolmes:
Goodnews

what is good about a bridge that will prevent onitsha Port

Anambralstson:
The dredger will make the delivery of the 2nd Niger Bridge faster as its introduc-tion to the project, with its higher production capacity, will fast-track the com-pletion time of the project.

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Audio project. there is no construction of any second Niger bridge going on. This government is a scam.

Good job

Gradually, with steady movement to the next level

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Stalwert:


PMB has continue to show

You can say that again bro.

techstack:
Gradually, with steady movement to the next level

God bless you.

Gradually we will get to a New and better Nigeria.
A land flowing with milk and honey.

God bless Nigeria

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