Tag: opv

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned four new Flex Fighter vessels for the Ghana Navy and revealed that two new offshore patrol...

Senegal's latest naval acquisition, the offshore patrol vessel Fouladou, has left France on its delivery voyage and will soon arrive in Senegal. The...

NNS Unity, the Nigerian Navy's second and final P18N offshore patrol vessel (OPV), has departed China and is scheduled to arrive in...

Cape Town-based S-Plane is launching its xKIT automation solution at Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2016, which converts an existing manned aircraft...

German ship builder Abeking & Rasmussen has partnered with a number of Cape-based companies, including DCD Marine, to bid for the supply...

Come Monday South Africa's naval fraternity will see a current, state-of-the-art offshore patrol vessel (OPV) in local waters when the French Navy's...

Will Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) be the workhorse of all Navies in the future? This is the question that you could asked yourself...

Close on 300 delegates from 41 countries attended the first ever African OPV (offshore patrol vessel) conference in Nigeria last week where...

Rear Admiral Hanno Teuteberg, the SA Navy's Chief Director: Maritime Strategy, is one of 31 speakers at the Nigerian Navy's OPV (offshore...

An unnamed West African customer has ordered two 95 metre long offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) from India's Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering...

South Africa's shipbuilding industry says it is still capable of locally building the new vessels required by the South African Navy, with...

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the purchase of two new 1 800 ton Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Nigerian Navy...

Despite a stated requirement for patrol vessels (Project Biro), the South Africa Navy's already-tiny budget will grow at just 7.6 percent over...

The Sekunjalo Consortium, which had been the preferred bidder for a R800 million tender to police South Africa's marine resources for five...

The Estimates of National Expenditure (ENE) suggest that the South African Navy's (SAN) Project Biro has been postponed. "The projected increase of...

On 6th. February, Navantia has commissioned BAM “Relámpago” for the Spanish Navy, in a ceremony presided by the Minister of Defence, Pedro Morenés.The ceremony...

On 6th. February, Navantia has commissioned BAM "Relámpago" for the Spanish Navy, in a ceremony presided by the Minister of Defence, Pedro...

The Brazilian Navy has signed a contract worth £133 million with BAE Systems for the supply of three ocean patrol vessels and...

The Royal New Zealand Navy has finally taken delivery of its latest offshore patrol vessel, the NZ$90-million 85-metre, 1600mt, HMNZS Otago, built...

The National Treasury has started funding the South African Navy's acquisition of a new survey ship and off-shore patrol vessels. The Estimates of...

Equipped with a helicopter deck and refuelling facilities the SA Sarah Baartman is able to accommodate a fully laden Super Puma/Oryx. The...

South Africa contracted with Israel for six of these vessels in 1974 – three to be built in Israel and the rest...

The SA Navy will need a replacement hydrographic survey vessel as well as new offshore as well as inshore patrol vessels (PV)...

Each one of Africa's 37 littoral states needs at least one offshore patrol vessel to secure their exclusive economic zones. That is...

This is the second ocean-going patrol boat for surveillance of the exclusive economic zone (POVZEE) ordered by the Venezuelan Navy in 2005 26-10-2009.-...

The Spanish Navy placed the order with Navantia in July 2006 for the building of four Maritime Action Ships (BAM)   On...