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Chinese Shipyard Launches 1st Type 054 A/P Frigate for Pakistan Navy
Pakistan signed a first contract for the delivery two Type 054 A/P frigates in 2017. An additional contract for two more ships was announced in
22 August 2020
Pakistan signed a first contract for the delivery two Type 054 A/P frigates in 2017. An additional contract for two more ships was announced in
Seaspan Shipyards press release The future CCGS John Cabot begins sea trials just six weeks after its official launch on July 3 at Seaspan’s North Vancouver shipyard.
Quebec-based shipbuilder Davie Shipyard welcomed on 11 August the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS St. John for major refit and upgrade. The event marks the start of a long-term naval maintenance and upgrade program that will keep the Halifax-class frigates operational until the arrival of the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) in the 2040s.
A media report from South Korea announced yesterday that Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) had won the KDDX tender over Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME). Naval News can confirm that the tendering process is still ongoing.
The Vietnamese government signed an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on July 28 to finance a project to build six patrol vessels for the Vietnamese Coast Guard (VCG). The vessels, based on the Aso-class of the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will be built in Japan.
Navantia hosted the keel laying ceremony for the third Avante 22000 corvette for the Royal Saudi Navy. The event took place on 6 August 2020 at the Spanish shipbuilder’ San Fernando shipyard.
The Hellenic Navy’s seventh (and final) Roussen-class fast attack missile craft (FACM) was launched on 5 August 2020 by Greek shipbuilding company Elefsis shipyards located near Athens.
At last! Photos and videos by Chinese ships potters show that China’s first amphibious assault ship, a Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) known as Type 075 has finally started sea trials. The vessel set sails today at around 1:30PM local time departing its pier at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia announced that NUSHIP Supply, a new AOR (Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment) vessel for the Royal Australian Navy departed from the Ferrol shipyard to start initial sea trials.
The Amur Shipyard in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s Far East held a keel laying ceremony for the Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette ‘Pavlovsk’ on 29 July. This is the 16th corvette of the Karakurt-class and it is intended for the Russian Pacific Fleet, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
