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Fincantieri has delivered the first two Offshore Patrol Vessels to Guard Costiera of Bangladesh
Are units derived from the conversion of the first corvettes of the class "Minerva" dismesse from Marina Militare
August 4, 2016
Today Fincantieri, near the ship yard of Muggiano (La Spezia), has delivered to Guard Costiera of Bangladesh (BCG) the first two units in the within of the contract of Offshore supply of four pattugliatori Patrol Vessels (OPV) by-products from the modernization and conversion of the corvettes of the class "Minerva" dismesse from Marina Militare Italiana.
draft of the ships Minerva and Sibilla, renominated Syed Nazrul and Tajuddin, that they were struck off the national fleet in May 2015 and reach little after in the Fincantieri basin of Genoa where they have taken to start the conversion intense activities that they are completed near the military arsenal of La Spezia.
Along with Urania and Danaide, that they will be delivered the next year to the term of the same participations, these units will constitute the carrying skeleton of the fleet of Guard Costiera of Bangladesh, with an extension of the advanced operating life to twenty years.
the units will be used with purpose of patrolling for the control of the traffics of the Exclusive Economic Zone and the marine borders, with ability also to control of the environmental pollution and recovery and assistance to the civilians in case of humanitarian emergencies.
the Italian navalmeccanico group has emphasized that, in the within of the development of the Fincantieri business in Far East, this contracted covers detail importance for the activities of supply of services post sale on military ships as allows to offer to all the range of proponibili services, is for the platform that for the system of combat: from those manufacturers of maintenance, repair, review and conversion (Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Conversions) to those legacies to the management of the cycle life of the units (Life Cycle Management), through are the supply of logistic services, "Integrated Logistic Support", typically developed during the construction or the conversion, are those manutentivi of "In Service Support", developed in post delivery, during the exercise of the ship.
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Today Fincantieri, near the ship yard of Muggiano (La Spezia), has delivered to Guard Costiera of Bangladesh (BCG) the first two units in the within of the contract of Offshore supply of four pattugliatori Patrol Vessels (OPV) by-products from the modernization and conversion of the corvettes of the class "Minerva" dismesse from Marina Militare Italiana.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
