Agreement Fincantieri - Marina Militare Italiana for the formation of the crews of foreign Navy



The navalmeccanico group Italian Fincantieri and Marina Militare Italiana has signed the convention "Fincantieri Training Academy, born project as covered of cooperation between Armed Forces and industry through which Fincantieri and Marina they will offer a wide package of formative activities is in the structural and technological member who in that academic one.

The agreement, undersigned to La Spezia from the logistic commander of Marina, admiral inspector head Stefano Tortora, and from the director post sale and services of the Direction Navi Militari di Fincantieri, Paolo Frino, has the scope to under construction supply specific performances to the crews of the ships near the Fincantieri plants for foreign Navy.

The level of sophistication reached from the most recent units - Fincantieri and Marina Militare have explained - needs of instruments of formation and support online with the most modern technologies. Through this program of training Marina Militare Italiana will put on own patrimony of competence, disciplines and tradition allowing with industrial Fincantieri to integrate the course with that more closely to military address, increasing in this way the formative offer to the conduction of the ship in safety, to the organization of edge and the execution of practices with escapes in sea. Moreover he is emphasized that by virtue of this Fincantieri collaboration he will be able to propose itself on the international markets with a package "turnkey" constituted not more single one by naval means, but also complete of training of the crew and the support post sale.

The convention will see involved Centro Allestimento new Constructions - Marinalles for the supply of services of tutoring to the crews, and Fincantieri for the supply of computer science equipments and workspaces.

A first collaboration between Fincantieri and Marina in the training of the crews of foreign Navy already has had in the within of the program for the realization of the naval unit amphibious Kalaat Assets for Marina Algerian. Such activity, carried out in various phases, has demanded a theoretical preparation and practical with lead lessons it is in port that during escapes in sea. For the occasion the structures of the "Fincantieri Training Academy" are used for the development of the lessons lead from the staff of Marinalles, that it has demonstrated to the validity and flexibility of the project.

While in the Fincantieri plant of Palermo the delivery of the MSC has held Harmony, the cruise ship that the program has inaugurated "Renaissance" of Fincantieri and MSC Cruises, a plan from almost 200 million euros to which all will be subordinates and the four ships of "the Lyric" class of the crocieristica company (inforMARE on May 19, 2014).

Yesterday MSC Harmony has left the Palermo yard after little more than 10 weeks from its arrival, happened on 31 August. The work has previewed the insertion to the center of the hull of the ship of a new one troncone, launched at the end of the July month, obtaining in this way about 200 new cabins, new spaces dedicated to the entertainment, let alone the renewal, in the spaces and the decor, of the boutiques of edge and the adoption of technological solutions of vanguard for the entire unit.
The ship has left the yard in order to make broken on Genoa, where today it will celebrate its return in sea before to at a time sail for one inaugural cruise of ten days of the Canarian Islands.

The program "Renaissance" will interest also MSC Symphony, that she will be subordinate to work from on 12 January on March 16, 2015, MSC Opera, with work from on 2 May on July 4, 2015, and Lyric MSC, in yard from on 31 August on November 2, 2015. The four ships of "the Lyric" class are constructed between 2003 and 2005 near yards STX of Saint-Nazaire, in France. 251 meters are currently long, have a tonnage of 60.000 tons and can transport until 2.200 passengers each. Al term of the program "Renaissance" will be long 275 meters, they will have a tonnage of about 65.000 tons and will be in degrees to accommodate 2,680 passengers thanks to 193 new cabins for ship and to 59 new cabins for the members of the crew.