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is refitting the RFA Fort Rosalie. The yard is hoping
to gain further work acting as a second-tier supplier
for the UK’s Future Carrier (CVF) programme.
Acquisition
Pakistan gets
single Perry class
Congress has been asked to authorise the transfer of
Pakistan is being offered a single Oliver Hazard the USS McInerney (FFG 8) to Pakistan.
Perry (FFG 7) class frigate by the US Navy, although
Islamabad would like to acquire a total of six.
As Naval Spyglass reported recently, the Pakistani similar trials recently.
Navy is seeking to strengthen its surface combatant Th ere is talk of installing a vertical missile launcher
force with both new and secondhand ships, including system into the new ships. As with Turkey, reports
Perry class vessels. Pakistan’s interest in these multi-role speak of a Lockheed Martin Mk 41 but, as the ships
ships dates back to the autumn of 2005 when two were are to operate Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles, the
reportedly off ered but nothing happened. Raytheon Mk 48 is an option.
Now US Congress has been asked to authorise the For the fi rst time since the 1965 war with India,
transfer of the USS McInerney (FFG 8) in 2010. Islamabad has revealed details of its naval budget. Th e
Interestingly, this frigate is scheduled to participate total defence budget is equivalent to US$4.4 billion,
in US Navy trials with a rotary-wing, unmanned with the navy receiving the smallest allocation-
aerial vehicle and the Pakistan Navy has conducted equivalent to US$439 million.
New Vessel
Fincantieri to build nuclear transporter
Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard has announced that a contract for the construction of a ship for the
transport of toxic radioactive waste has been signed in Moscow. The ship will be built in Italy.
During a recent meeting in Moscow, between Italy’s Minister for Economic Development Claudio
Scajola and Sergey Kiriyenco, General Director of Rosatom, the Russian Body for Atomic Energy,
Fincantieri signed a contract for the construction, at its Liguria yard, of a ship designed to transport
irradiated fuel and radioactive waste arising from the dismantling of Russian nuclear submarines.
Following commitments made by the G8 countries at the Kananaskis summit in Canada in
June 2002, the aim of which was the reduction of possible threats by terrorists employing nuclear,
chemical, radiological and biological weapons, the Italian and Russian governments signed
a cooperation agreement for the dismantling of Russian Navy nuclear submarines and for the
safe disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. The agreement, ratifi ed by the Italian
Parliament, entails a fi nancial commitment by Italy amounting to €360million spread over a 10-year
period and includes projects in other fi elds.
The €70million order for the new vessel will be fi nanced with funds allocated by the Ministry for
the Economic Development, whose intervention was crucial for the Italian shipbuilding company
to close the deal successfully. Several parties were involved in the drawing-up of the contract,
including the Italian Navy, which acted as fi nancial advisor on behalf of the ministry. The Federal
Centre for Nuclear Safety placed the actual order for the vessel, which will be operated by
Atomfl ot. Rosatom is the technical guarantor for the project and Italy’s Ministry for the Economic
Development will be the fi nancial guarantor.
The vessel, to be delivered in spring 2011, will be built under the supervision of the Russian Naval
Registry in accordance with the latest international standards for the transportation of containers
carrying spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. The waste produced by yards and naval bases
will be shipped to ports and then transferred, by rail, to treatment sites.
The multi-function vessel will be 84m long, with a breadth of 14m, a full-load draft of 4.05m, and a
720tonne cargo capacity, a deadweight of circa 1700tonnes deadweight and a cruising speed of
12knots.
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