UAE Procures LPD from Indonesian Shipbuilder PT PAL
The UAE signed a contract with Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL for the procurement of a 163-meter Landing Platform Dock (LPD).
The UAE signed a contract with Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL for the procurement of a 163-meter Landing Platform Dock (LPD).
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, today, launched a Landing Platform Dock (LPD) for the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces at its shipyard in Palermo. The main mission of “Al Fulk” will be air defense.
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard has completed sea trials of the Type 071E Landing Platform Dock (LPD) built for the Royal Thai Navy.
Taiwan commissioned today the new Landing Platform Dock “Yushan” (LPD-1401). It is the ROC Navy’s largest vessel.
Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL signed a contract with the Philippine Department of Defence on June 24, 2022, to build two more Landing Platform Dock (LPD) for the Philippine Navy.
The keel laying of the air defense LPD ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence took place at the Palermo shipyard.
The Indian Ministry of Defence issued a request for information intending to procure four Landing Platform Docks (LPDs) for the Indian Navy. The tender is limited to Indian shipyards but those may answer with a foreign partner and design.
The U.S. Navy christened its newest amphibious transport dock, the future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), during ceremony at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Division shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Taiwanโs naval shipbuilder China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC) today launched the country’s first ever LPD…

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