Port of Lomé Underwater Hull Repair & Vessel Repair

Subsea Global Solutions offers underwater hull cleaning ROV services at the Port of Lomé, West Africa, which can be combined with diver inspections, propeller polishing, and other maintenance or repair needs. As a leading international commercial diving company active in key maritime regions, we provide a comprehensive range of cost-effective underwater ship husbandry services. These include planned maintenance, scheduled repairs, and unscheduled (emergency) repairs, ensuring that vessels remain operational with minimal downtime, potentially reducing the need for dry-docking.

The Port of Lomé, the largest deep-water port in West Africa, handles over 20 million tons of cargo annually. It is a critical trade hub in the region, serving as a major gateway for containerized goods, dry bulk, and liquid bulk cargo. The port's strategic location on the Gulf of Guinea makes it a key entry point for goods bound for landlocked countries in West and Central Africa.

Subsea Global Solutions is proud to offer Portable C-ROV hull cleaning services at the Port of Lomé, delivering international standards, procedures, and work ethics, combined with local knowledge and experience.

• Quality: Our proprietary SGS C-ROV systems are highly efficient, eco-friendly solutions designed to operate in various marine environments. They can be linked to reclaim systems to meet local regulations and have been tested with many leading hull coating manufacturers.
• Experience: Our C-ROV teams have over 10 years of experience in ROV hull cleaning and have completed numerous hull cleanings in Lomé, as well as other ports in the West African region.
• Capability: While we recommend performing hull cleaning before barnacles and other hard fouling develop, our Portable C-ROV is also proven to remove macrofouling effectively.
• Availability: The Portable C-ROV systems can often be launched and operated directly from your vessel, with transfers possible via suitable workboats.
• Operations: As the C-ROVs clean and inspect large surfaces (via live and recorded video), such as vertical sides and the flat bottom, diver-technicians can be safely deployed for other underwater tasks like inspections, including IACS class UWILDs, and niche cleaning.
• 24/7 Operations: With no diver-controlled cleaning cart, nighttime C-ROV operations are possible, ensuring minimal disruption to your vessel's schedule while effectively managing biofouling and maintaining hull performance.

Why use C-ROV? Bunker fuel savings are often substantial, particularly for vessels sailing in the Europe-to-Africa loop (such as Antwerp, Rotterdam, or Hamburg) and beyond to Southern African ports. We regularly hear from clients that the fuel savings cover the cost of the hull cleaning operation—and much more—within a single onward voyage.

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