Ganiyu Shekoni Balogun, CEO, Gani-Tarzan Marine Enterprises said the new boat which costs about N40million can accommodate twelve cars at a time and is capable of ferrying about 5, 000 cars in a day. Each car is ferried across the sea, from Victoria Island to Ikoyi at the cost of N1, 000. With the new boat, he says car-owners no longer have to wait for twenty minutes or more to have their cars ferried across.

The car ferry boat is adequately secured with safety facilities such as, life jacket, life raft, sound box and fire extinguishers. Leisure facilities like bars and lounges, we gathered will be added when the boat begins to undertake longer journeys to Oworonsoki, Ikorodu or Ogun state.

Tarzan Tourist Boat services has been rendering first class water transportation services to all classes of society from the elite group to tourists, picnickers, business groups and the general masses. The company has opened many water transportation routes in conjunction with Lagos State Ferry Services Corporation which has aided communities to be linked to water-ways and enjoy easy access to former long distance areas, thereby boosting business travel, tourism and leisure in Lagos.

The target of the company for the new car boat is individuals as well as company car-owners who are delayed by the heavy traffic along Ozumba Mbadiwe Road and other parts of the Island. The boat commenced operations immediately after the commissioning.