Maritime Patrol Vessel Launched - Karachi

[KAL-EL]

Nice ship! Congrats to the Pakistani Navy.

 

[bananarepublic]

Congrats nice addition to our navy.

 

[fatman17]

Launching ceremony of 600 tons Maritime Patrol Vessel held
https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2017/12/launching-ceremony-600-tons-maritime-patrol-vessel-held/
(Karachi 5th Dec 2017) : The launching ceremony of 600 Tons Maritime Patrol Vessel being built for Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA), was held at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) ,today.

Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi , Chief of the Naval Staff graced the occasion as Chief Guest.

The 600 Tons Maritime Patrol Vessel is a state of the art, multi-mission vessel with steel hull and aluminium super structure having length of 68.5 m, breadth of 8.7 m and can achieve a top speed of 27 knots.

The ship is fully equipped to enforce maritime security, search and rescue missions in maritime exclusive economic zone of Pakistan and is being built with technical collaboration of China Shipbuilding & Trading Company (CSTC).

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Guest Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi congratulated Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works, CSTC (China) and PMSA on achieving this important milestone and said that it is yet another land mark project that speaks volumes of the evergreen friendship between China and Pakistan. He added that responsibilities of Pakistan Navy and especially PMSA have increased manifolds after start of CPEC and extension in EEZ.

While highlighting the significance of CPEC, the admiral said that CPEC will transform Pakistan into a regional economic hub. If we capitalize on just 10 percent of China’s external trade, it will be about five times the current volume of trade that we are carrying through our port. He further said that Maritime sector alone has the potential to double or even triple our GDP. He urged different strata of society to render their support in the development of the ship building and maritime sector.

Earlier, MD KS&EW Rear Admiral Syed Hasan Nasir Shah in his welcome address said that this MPV is part of contract between Ministry of Defence Production and CSTC (China) for construction of 6 MPVs for PMSA and these MPVs will act as a force multiplier for PMSA in safeguarding maritime frontiers of Pakistan together with Pakistan Navy.

He also apprised about other ongoing projects at KS&EW including 1500 Tons MPV, 32 Tons Bollard Pull Tugs and Fast Attack Craft (Missile)-4 . Rear Admiral Syed Hasan Nasir also thanked Government of Pakistan and Pakistan Navy for entrusting KS&EW with mega project of construction of four submarines and informed that preparations for the project are in full swing to start it as per scheduled time.

The launching ceremony was attended by high ranking officials from Government of Pakistan, Pakistan Navy, China Shipbuilding & Trading Company and KS&EW.


Video shared on twitter:

https://twitter.com/x/status/937936346475311104

@fatman17 @Quwa @TaimiKhan @Rashid Mahmood @HRK@Dazzler @Path-Finder @Bilal Khan (Quwa)

All for CPEC security. good induction

 

[fatman17]

Not coming.

Navy and Army moving away from US for their capitalisation programs, only Air Force holding out for US.

 

[PAR 5]

Not coming.

Any reference to that claim? When did they cancel?

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

The turn around for the ships was quite fast , 4 ships in few years very nicely done nice improvement in Patrol capacity at Sea

 

[YeBeWarned]

The US withheld FMS for the Cutters, but in 2016 apparently released it for the Swift Corvettes. Besides relations with Pakistan, it can also be an issue of US politics where one region's shipyard gets favoured by decision-makers over the other. The GRC 43M cutters and Swift Corvettes are built different companies.

So you are saying USA approval of Swift ship and block the Cutters is like a Favoring one company over another ?

 

[ziaulislam]

So you are saying USA approval of Swift ship and block the Cutters is like a Favoring one company over another ?

not un common
each state pushes for its own products
the reason why larger companies like LM make sure there product ha some componet build in every part of the country

 

[Bilal Khan (Quwa)]

So you are saying USA approval of Swift ship and block the Cutters is like a Favoring one company over another ?

That can be a possibility. In of themselves cutters aren't costly ships, but can be relatively potent for sea policing (e.g. if equipped with RWS, UAV and a good short range radar). The PN had clearly thought of a nicely sized cutter fleet for persistent sea coverage. They can talk to Damen Shipyards or Paramount Group for alternate designs.

 

[ghazi52]

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