After winning the public tender procedure of the Italian Navy, today the Genoese shipyard T. Mariotti has signed with the Directorate of Naval Armaments of the General Secretariat of Defence/DNA the contract for the construction of two auxiliary units of the Motorcycle Transport type Coastal and Lighthouse Assistance (MTC/MTF). The construction site is currently engaged in the construction of a SDO-SuRS (Special and Diving Operations - Submarine Rescue Ship), the first military order acquired by T. Mariotti, who is part of the Genoa Naval Industries Group.

The two new ships, part of a wider programme of acquisitions, will provide support to the activities of maintenance of the Lighthouse Service and Maritime Signalling, as well as the transport of vehicles, personnel, solid and liquid cargoes in water national and international. The two units will be characterized by a high flexibility of use and modularity, with technical and construction characteristics such as to to be able to carry out the operational activities to which they will be responsible, ensuring a set of "functionalities" can be integrated and activated according to needs, through the embarkation of deployable modules in the aft work area.