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Fincantieri will modernize an offshore pattugliatore of the Maltese Armed Forces
The contract has a value of about seven million euro
January 13, 2017
Fincantieri has adjudicated a contract with the Armed Forces of Malta for the modernization of P61, a realized offshore pattugliatore beyond ten years ago from the Italian navalmeccanico group. The participations of modernization, that they preview the total maintenance of many of the systems of edge, are finalized to remarkablly improve the reactive ability to the unit.
The work, of the value of about seven million euro, will take start in according to trimester of 2017 in Italy, the plant Fincantieri di Muggiano (La Spezia) and will last about six months. The participations will allow a considerable extension of the operating life of the ship.
With a length of beyond 53 meters, the pattugliatore P61 is constructed and delivered by the plant Fincantieri di Muggiano to the Armed Forces of Malta in 2005 and derives from the evolution of the project of the class of the pattugliatori "Diciotti", unit constructed from Fincantieri for Italian Guard Costiera.
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