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Fincantieri will construct the tronconi of bow of four LSS for French Marina
Store clerk of the Chantiers de the Atlantique
October 24, 2019
The navalmeccanico group Italian Fincantieri has received an order from the Chantiers French de the Atlantique for the construction of the tronconi of bow of four units of logistic support based on the project of the Italian unit "Volcano". The tronconi, as for the ship "Volcano", 2021 and 2027 will be constructed in the yard of Castellammare di Stabia with programmed deliveries between.
The contract joins in program FLOTLOG ("Fleets logistique") that it on behalf previews the construction of four ships of logistic support (LSS) for French Marina by the temporary consortium formed from Chantiers de the Atlantique and Naval Group in the within of the program Franco-Italian LSS guided from OCCAR (Organization for the combined cooperation in matter of armaments) of DGA, the Head office for the armaments French, and its Italian counterpart NAVARM. In such Chantiers context de the Atlantique and Naval Group have convene to entrust to Fincantieri the construction of the tronconi of bow for the four units.
Fincantieri has specified that project LSS, to the pairs of that of the other units of the pluriennale program for the renewal of the fleet of Marina Militare Italiana, is characterized a highest level of innovation that returns the extremely flexible ship in the various profiles of uses with an elevated degree of efficiency and that the LSS conjugates ability to transport and transfer to other cargo units naval liquids (diesel oil, aviation fuel, fresh water) and solid (rations and ammunition, spare parts).
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