Most of the lighthouses and other navigation equipment at the ports and in waters around the country, are in good condition and the authorities are carrying out supervision at regular intervals, to ensure the safety and security of ships and other vessels entering the countrys waters, said a senior official of the Qatar Ports Management Company (Mawani Qatar),The Gulf Times reports.
Informing this, CEO of Mawani Qatar Captain Abdulla al-Khanji said their company has been entrusted with the responsibility and management of all navigation aids and other equipment and that they are carrying out regular maintenance and repairing of every equipment on schedule as part of their responsibility and commitment to ensure navigation safety, including protecting the lives of people and property in the territorial waters.
While reiterating that their company is not sparing any effort to protect lives and property in the waters, al-Khanji said they carried out extensive survey of the territorial waters and prepared a comprehensive report covering all navigation aids, including lighthouses, buoys, guiding lights and tools to facilitate faultless movement of ships and to help them avoid dangerous and non-navigable areas.
New lighthouses will soon replace the existing facilities at Shrao Island.and Al Ruweis Port. Other maintenance works at the northernmost port are underway and a new green navigation buoy was recently installed at the entrance of the channel. A new navigation buoy was recently installed in Al Dhakira and the damaged lighthouses were also repaired. Similar repairing and maintenance works were carried out at Wakrah port as well, said al-Khanji.
Source: Gulf Times