Feature 2 |COAST GUARD AND PATROL CRAFT
New patrol craft for Trinidad and Tobago
Coast Guard
Australian Shipbuilder Austal Ships Pty has been selected to build six fast
patrol craft for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
he TTD390.76 million (US$64.32
million) deal for six 30m
Taluminium craft also includes
additional contracts for scheduled and
unscheduled maintenance and crew
training services.
A Request for Proposals (RFP) was
released to eight potential bidders by the
Trinidad and Tobago government in March
2007, with initial responses due for return
by 20 April 2007, and fi nal responses by
11 June 2007. Seven companies responded
to the RFP with their proposals, which
were then assessed by an evaluation
committee comprising representatives of
the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard;
the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of
the Attorney General; the Ministry of
National Security; and an independent Austal’s 30m aluminium hulled design for Trinidad & Tobago will be built in Australia
procurement consultant.
On the basis of this evaluation, Austal
has received three contracts to construct, Austal’s facilities in Henderson, Western Following delivery of the vessels, a
commission and deliver six fast patrol Australia, and are scheduled for delivery five year comprehensive maintenance
craft (based on its generic Austal Patrol by early 2010. During the construction and support services programme
30 design), provide planned maintenance period, Austal will provide a training will be provided by Austal, which
services for a period of five years and programme including familiarisation of will include scheduled planned and
provide training to the personnel of vessel operation, ship-based engineer preventative maintenance support,
the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. training as well as maintenance training unscheduled maintenance, management
The largest of these contracts, worth for shore-based support personnel. and performance of annual surveys
TTD312.66 million (US$51.46 million), Th e monohull design will be classed by and maintenance periods as well as
covers the construction, commissioning DNV with the notation +1A1 HSLC R3 shore-based engineering support.
and delivery of the six patrol craft . Patrol EO. With a deadweight of 16tonnes, In a separate development, the Trinidad
According to Austal, the new craft the craft will have a overall length of 30m and Tobago Coast Guard has commissioned
will support the Trinidad and Tobago (24m at the waterline), a beam (moulded) two 46m patrol craft furnished by
Coast Guard in providing sustained of 6.4m, a depth (moulded) of 3.2m and a UK-based VT Shipbuilding International
surveillance in the country’s internal draft of approximately 1.5m. as part of an interim acquisition associated
waters, the archipelagic territorial sea Each patrol boat is to be powered by with the supply of three newbuild
and its exclusive economic zone. It is two MTU 16V 2000 M92 series diesel offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to the
intended that the vessels will play a major engines (each rated at 1,630kW) driving Caribbean state.
role in ensuring the safety of shipping, as Rolls-Royce Kamewa size 56 waterjets, VT Shipbuilding International was
well as the preservation of the marine allowing a maximum speed of 40knots awarded a TTD1.455 billion (US$140
environment. Th ey will also target the and a maximum range of more than 1,000 million) contract in April 2007 to supply
illegal trafficking of drugs, contribute nautical miles at 10knots. Armed with three new 90.5m helicopter-capable OPVs
to safety at sea, and perform search and three General Purpose Machine Guns to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
rescue duties. and a 20mm cannon, the craft will carry Steel cutting for the fi rst-of-class began
All six vessels will be constructed at a crew of 12. at the company’s Portsmouth shipyard
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