Senegal hired Indonesian ship<\/p>\n
INDONESIA: The Senegalese government has hired Indonesian
\npassenger ferry MV Wilis from state-owned shipping company PT
\nPelini to ply the Casamance region, the Indonesian Embassy in
\nDakar said.<\/p>\n
The embassy told Antara on Saturday that the Senegalese
\ngovernment was renting the ship for US$4,000 per day for 18
\nmonths with possibility of an extension for another six months.<\/p>\n
The price tag was lower than those offered by other countries
\nfor passenger ships. The MV Wilis arrived at Dakar on June 3 in a
\nceremony led by Senegal Prime Minister Macky Sall.<\/p>\n
MV Wilis, which substituted the Le Joola that sunk in
\nSeptember 2002, will sail the Dakar-Ziguinchor route. Indonesian
\nand Moroccan ship crews will jointly operate the ship.<\/p>\n
MV Wilis -- whose name was taken from Mount Wilis in East
\nJava, accommodates up to 462 passengers and 47 crew. The ship,
\nwhich was produced by PT PAL, Indonesia's ship-making company in
\n1999, has 11 passenger cabins with bathrooms, 302 beds in
\neconomy-class cabins, 120 seats, bars, a shop, baggage rooms,
\nmedical clinic, prayer room and a galley.<\/p>\n
Indonesian Ambassador for Senegal, Ahzam B. Razif, said he
\nhoped the Indonesian initiative could help improve trade and
\neconomic relations with Senegal within the framework of South-
\nSouth cooperation among developing countries. -- JP<\/p>",
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