Advertisement

BRAZILIAN NAVY: Brazil bags a bargain

The Brazilian Navy has accepted the first of three Ocean Patrol Vessels from BAE Systems. The warship was handed over at Portsmouth on 29 June and renamed Amazonas (P120). Prior to delivery, 80 Brazilian sailors conducted two days of sea trials to familiarise themselves with the 90m OPV which, although already repainted in Brazilian colours, was still running under her original name of Port of Spain. Transfer of the Glasgow-built pair, Scarborough and San Fernando, will take place later this year and early in 2013, when they will be renamed Apa (P121) and Araguaia (P122), after national rivers.

The ships were originally built for the Trinidad & Tobago Coast Guard, but the order was cancelled in 2010 following a change of government when the vessels were close to completion. Brazil later acquired them for £133 million, a sum that also includes ancillary support services and a manufacturing licence to enable further vessels of the same class to be constructed in Brazil.

Ships Montly - January 2024

PIL and SSES complete the inaugural LNG bunkering of new container ship

Pacific International Lines (PIL) and bunkering supplier, Shanghai SIPG Energy Service (SSES), successfully completed the inaugural Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering of PIL’s first...
Advertisement

Related articles

PIL and SSES complete the inaugural LNG bunkering of new container ship

Pacific International Lines (PIL) and bunkering supplier, Shanghai SIPG Energy Service (SSES), successfully completed the inaugural Liquefied Natural...

Höegh Aurora maiden call at Amsterdam

Amsterdam recently welcomed the world’s largest eco-friendly Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) Höegh Aurora on her maiden...

Ice-breaking cruise ship reaches the North Pole

On 12 September 2024 the ice-breaking cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot, operated by Compagnie du Panont, became the...

Cargo vessel Ruby makes it to Great Yarmouth

The situation with the cargo vessel Ruby (see SM, Nov), which was refused entry by a number of...