MTU Turkey Wins Contract with Ares Shipyard to Supply Engines for 17 Qatar Coast Guard FPB

: Posted On Thursday, 12 March 2015 09:40

Naval Industry News - Tukey, Qatar

MTU Turkey Wins Contract with Ares Shipyard to Supply Engines for 17 Qatar Coast Guard FPB

MTU Turkey has secured a contract with Turkish shipyard Ares for the supply of 46 engines. These are to be installed in 17 patrol vessels currently being built for the coast guard of Qatar, the Arabian desert state. The Qatar Coast Guard Services placed an order for 17 new fast patrol boast from Turkish company ARES Shipyard during DIMDEX 2014, the Naval Defence and Maritime Security exhibition currently held in Doha last year.

Deputy of Director Logistics Department, Brig. Abdullah Saad Al Kharji, representing the Ministry of Interior for the State of Qatar and Kerim Kalafatoglu, Chairman & Executive Director for ARES Shipyard signing the Memorandum of Understanding during DIMDEX 2014

"The Ares shipyard is one of our most important customers, and we are engaged with them on a number of projects," said Ekrem Kuraloglu, head of MTU Turkey. "This order not only improves our position on the Turkish market, but represents another chapter in the success story of our cooperation with Ares," he said. MTU Turkey has been preparing the project jointly with the shipyard since 2010, and now the purchase order has been signed. MTU already has a good foothold in the segment for high-speed coastal patrol craft, both in Turkey and the Middle East.

Three vessel types are to be equipped with the MTU engines: the building of two 47-m high-speed patrol boats powered by three MTU Series 4000 units is underway. These Hercules 150-class vessels will also be equipped with twin Kamewa 71S4 waterjets from Rolls-Royce. MTU 12V Series 2000 M84 diesel engines and Rolls-Royce Kamewa 50A3 waterjets are also to be installed in five 24-m Ares 75 Hercules and ten 34-m Ares 110 Hercules patrol vessels. All these craft will be constructed using special high-performance plastics which makes them even more robust.

"MTU is a leading player in patrol craft applications in Turkey and the Middle East and we have realized several key projects with the Ares shipyard in the last few years. We are very satisfied that our MTU sales team will also be helping to implement this key strategic project," said Nadine Buhmann, head of the marine and offshore business at MTU.

Its patrol craft project with MTU is also a milestone for Ares. "This contract for building 17 vessels for Qatar’s coast guard is the biggest foreign order a Turkish shipyard has ever received in the defence segment," said Kerim Kalafatoglu, general manager of Ares.

The "ARES 110 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft model at DIMDEX 2014

The "ARES 110 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft is intended for littoral and coastal waters law-enforcement, open sea rescue operations and naval duties. It is 33 meters in length and displaces 117 tons. Its maximum speed is 47 knots.

The "ARES 75 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft

The smaller "ARES 75 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft is also intended for littoral and coastal waters law-enforcement, open sea rescue operations and naval duties. It is 23 meters in length and displaces 58 tons. Its maximum speed is 52 knots.

The "ARES 150 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft

The much larger "ARES 150 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft is intended for offshore and littoral waters law-enforcement, open sea rescue operations and naval duties. It is 46 meters in length and displaces 245 tons. Its maximum speed is 40 knots.

Navy Recognition learned during DIMDEX that Qatar Coast Guard Services has not made a final decision yet on sensors and weapon systems for the 3 types of vessels.