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Naval Industry News - France, Germany, KSA |
Lürssen
subcontracted French shipyard Couach to built 79 Interceptors for Saudi
Arabia Coast Guard |
German
shipbuilding company Lürssen has subcontracted French Shipyard
Couach to built 79 15-meters interceptor vessels for the coast guard
of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The information was first revealed
by our colleagues from Le
Marin, a French weekly newspaper specialized in maritime
news. |
 Lürssen Fast Interceptor Boat FIB 25 KDB MUSTAED of the Royal Brunei Navy. Picture: Brunei MOD |
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According to Le Marin, the information was
made official, Monday, August 24, by the French shipyard's management
team during a staff meeting.
Plascoa, the military and security branch of Couach, enjoys a good reputation in the Middle East with vessels designed to sustain extreme temperatures in the summer: The shipyard already delivered over 60 naval vessels to KSA between 2001 and 2005, and more recently, it has delivered two patrol boats to the Yemen Coast Guard. |
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Couach Plascoa 1300 Interceptor. The interceptors for Saudi Arabia Coast
Guards will be slightly larger. Length overal: 13 m - 43'. Max speed:
50 Kn. Range: 200 NM. Video: Couach |
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The subcontract awarded by Lürssen
is linked to the large contract awarded by KSA Ministry of Interior estimated
at 1.4 billion Euros for over 100 vessels, first rumored in the German
press in Fenruary last year.
According to Le Marin, Couach will be in charge of the "Interceptor" part of the contract from A to Z: They will design, build and deliver the vessels. The interceptor design will be based on a 15-meters interceptor already delivered to KSA. |
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