Ireland orders fourth OPV from Appledore

JUNE 16, 2016 — Ireland’s Department of Defence has awarded Babcock International Group a contract extension that will see Babcock’s Appledore shipbuilding facility in North Devon, England, build a fourth Offshore Patrol

Thai OPV to have MAN 28/33D STC engines

MAY 27, 2016 —A  90 m offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to be built at Mahidol Adulyadej naval dockyard in Sattahip,Thailand, will be powered by two MAN 16V28/33D STC engines. The vessel is

Bangladesh shipbuilder lays keel of OPV for Kenya

AUGUST 13, 2014 — Western Marine Shipyard, Bangladesh, has kicked off construction of a 55 m offshore patrol vessel worth $20 million with a keel laying ceremony presided over by Shipping Minister