Barco logístico para Australia realiza pruebas de mar

NUSHIP Supply Completed Sea Trials

NUSHIP Supply (all photos : Navantia)

Australian Navy's newest warship, NUSHIP Supply, recently completed Sea Acceptance Trials ahead of sailing from Ferrol to Australia later this month for her Australian fit-out.

Navantia Australia is Prime for sustainment of Supply and sister ship, Stalwart.

There's something exciting about a new ship, and doesn't she look a picture?



The Royal Australian Navy's NUSHIP Supply, lead ship for the Supply class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) ships, performed Sea Acceptance Trials in Ferrol, Spain from 4-8 August 2020.

The ships are intended to carry fuel, dry cargo, water, food, ammunition, equipment and spare parts to provide operational support for the deployed naval or combat forces operating far from the port on the high seas for longer periods.

Can't wait until she arrives in Australia in the coming month.

Navantia

Producen un barco logístico fluvial en Vietnam

Factory X55 Handed Over the Multi-Purpose Transport Ship to Military Region 9

VN-150 ship (photo : QDND)

QDND Online - Morning of August 14, at Can Tho City, X55 Factory, the Technical Department, the Navy Service Department organized the handover of the multi-purpose transport vessel VDN-150 to Regiment 659 (Logistics Department, Military Region 9) .

Attending the handover meeting were Major General Le Hong Dung, Deputy Director of the General Department of Logistics; Major General Nguyen Duc Tung, Director of Transportation Department, General Department of Logistics; Major General Nguyen Minh Trieu, Deputy Commander of Military Region 9 and a number of related agencies and units.

VDN-150 is a military ship built according to modern technology, constructed according to national standards on steel hull shipbuilding QCVN 21: 2015 / BGTVT. Ships have the duty of transporting means and materials or carrying troops and coordinating in search and rescue on rivers and at sea; Can carry 120 tons of vehicles and goods.


Delegates visiting the ship (photo : QDND)

After more than 11 months of construction, on February 3, 2020, the ship was launched on the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam. To ensure the schedule of launching ships, the agencies and units of the X55 Factory have coordinated closely and uniformly deployed tasks; Team of cadres and workers are assigned the task of urgently construction of items, especially during the Lunar New Year of Canh Ty 2020.

After launching the ship, Naval X55 Factory continued to perfect the following items: Test explosion and load test of 2 ship's generators; tilt test, check ship stability; explosion test, test 2 main machines; testing, checking and acceptance of internal equipment and systems on board; inspection and separation of internal berths ... Crew members of the ship were trained, tested and issued by the X55 Factory in accordance with regulations.

After nearly 18 months of construction, the VDN-150 vessel has been completed on schedule, ensuring quality, technical features according to design. The completion of the new building and handover of the VDN-150 has affirmed the new military shipbuilding capabilities of the Naval X55 Factory; At the same time, it is the basis for the Factory to build new larger and more modern ships for the Navy Corps and for the armed forces in Military Region 9.

QDND

Reparan buque logístico filipino

Phillipine Navy Transport Ship Up for Repairs

LST BRP Benguet-507

MANILA (PNA) --- In line with efforts to ensure that all of its available ships are mission worthy at all times, the Philippine Navy (PN) has allocated the sum of Php20,801,701.33 for the repairs of the BRP Benguet (LT-7), one of its transport vessels.

Winning bidders are expected to complete the repairs within 30 calendar days.

Pre-bid conference is scheduled for Sept. 24, 1 p.m. at the PN Bids and Awards Committee Bonifacio Naval Station, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

The BRP Benguet is a LST-542-class tank landing ship presently serving the PN. She is formerly known as the USS Daviess County (LST-692). It was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

Named after counties in Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri, she was the only US naval vessel to bear the name. She served in World War II and during the Korean War. The US Government transferred Daviess County to the PN in 1976.

PNA

ARA San Blas parte a Haití

El transporte ARA “Bahía San Blas” zarpó rumbo a Haití
El buque realizará su sexto despliegue para contribuir al cumplimiento de la misión del componente militar de la MINUSTAH.


Puerto Belgrano- Este mediodía, desde la dársena de la Base Naval Puerto Belgrano y ante la presencia de autoridades navales y familiares, zarpó el transporte ARA “Bahía San Blas” rumbo a la República de Haití.



Antes de la zarpada se celebró una ceremonia de despedida presidida por el Comandante de Adiestramiento y Alistamiento de la Armada, Vicealmirante Marcelo Eduardo Hipólito Srur, acompañado por el Comandante de la Flota de Mar, Contralmirante VGM Juan Carlos Temperoni, y por el Comandante Naval Anfibio y Logístico, Capitán de Navío Alberto Toso.

Tras la lectura de la orden de zarpada, el comandante del “San Blas”, capitán de corbeta Ramón Gustavo Bravo, informó que el buque se encontraba listo para zarpar. Allí la tripulación tuvo la oportunidad de despedirse de sus familiares antes de emprender el viaje.

El buque realizará su sexto despliegue hacia Haití para contribuir al cumplimiento de la misión del componente militar de la Misión de Estabilización de Naciones Unidas en Haití (MINUSTAH).

En esta oportunidad, la unidad finalizó su alistamiento y carga en Puerto Belgrano. Esta última incluye vehículos y contenedores que forman parte de un hospital reubicable y fue concentrada en el Departamento Suministros de la Intendencia Naval Puerto Belgrano.

El “San Blas” estaría retornando a Argentina para tomar puerto en la dársena de la Base Naval Puerto Belgrano a mediados de agosto.

Verlo partir

“Vengo a despedir a mi marido. Es una ida bastante esperanzadora porque siempre pienso en el retorno más que en la despedida. Lo veo contento cumpliendo con su deber. Le deseamos lo mejor a la tripulación”, contó la esposa del teniente de navío Guillermo Donadío.

Por su parte, Mercedes --madre del cabo primero Juan Gabriel González-- mencionó que “es una satisfacción y un orgullo que él pueda realizar este viaje. Es un sacrificio para la familia y, a la vez, un crecimiento para su vida profesional”.

Filipinas obtendrá buques de Corea del Sur

Philippine Navy to Get Ship, Boats from South Korea



Landing Craft Utility of the South Korean Navy (photo : KDN)

MANILA -- South Korea is giving the Philippine Navy a transport ship, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Monday.

Seoul will also send 16 rubber boats and computers.

Gazmin went to Seoul Thursday to meet with his South Korean counterpart, Kim Kwan-jin.

"They gave an LCU (Landing Craft Utility), rubber boats, and computers," said Gazmin, who returned to Manila last Saturday.

He did not immediately say when the equipment will arrive in the Philippines.

Gazmin also discussed humanitarian assistance and disaster response with Kim.

He also expressed his gratitude for the role of South Korean troops in the ongoing rehabilitation of typhoon-hit Eastern Visayas.

At least 500 South Korean troops arrived in Leyte last December to help in the construction of structures, including school buildings.

They are due to return to South Korea by December this year.

The transport ship will boost the capability of the Navy, Gazmin said. It can be used in the transport of troops for operations, and relief goods intended for calamity victims.

Last March, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Emmanuel Bautista signed a P18.9-billion contract with Korean Aerospace Industries for the supply of 12 FA-50 fighter jets for the Philippine Air Force.

Two of the jets are due to be delivered to the Air Force next year. The FA-50s are expected to enhance the capability of the Air Force.

ABS-CBN News

Astillero indonesio proveerá dos barcos a Filipinas

Indonesian Firm Wins Bidding for Supply of 2 Navy Vessels


PT PAL Strategic Sealift Vessel 

MANILA, Philippines - An Indonesian company has won the bidding for the supply of two new vessels for the Navy.

Sources told The STAR a notice of award for the P4-billion acquisition of two strategic sealift vessels was issued to PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) late last month.

This was confirmed yesterday by Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo, who oversees the military’s upgrade efforts.

“Yes, I think there is a NOA (notice of award) already,” Manalo said when asked whether PT PAL had won the bidding for the project.

PT PAL offered to supply the two ships for $86,980,000 or about P3.864 billion, well within the approved budget of P4 billion.

The strategic sealift vessels can be used for civil-military operations and for transporting large number of soldiers, logistics and supplies. Each of the vessels can also accommodate three helicopters.

Nine companies bought bid documents for the project but only two of them submitted offers.

The other bidder, Daewoo International, was declared by the Bids and Awards Committee as ineligible due to its failure to meet certain technical requirements.

The other companies that had expressed interest in the project but had not submitted bids were Propmech Corp., Larsen & Toubro, Stone of David Tactical Equipment, STX Offshore Shipbuilding Co., Keppel Philippines Marine Inc., PT Citra Shipyard, and a joint venture between Astartez Defense and Rescue Solution Co. and Coastal Industries Pse. Ltd.

PT PAL underwent post-qualification process in the last quarter of 2013 before it was declared the winner. The post-qualification phase sought to verify the financial and technical documents submitted by the bidder.

The strategic sealift vessels acquisition project is one of the big-ticket items in the military’s upgrade program.

ABS CBN News