Four new Metal Shark patrol boats enter service in Aruba

JANUARY 30, 2019 — Four new high speed patrol boats manufactured by shipbuilder Metal Shark have entered service with the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard (DCCG). The vessels were commissioned into service at

Metal Shark snaps up Navy order worth potential $90 million

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 — Gravois Aluminum Boats LLC, doing business as Metal Shark, Jeanerette, LA, is being awarded a $29,825,856 contract for design and construction of up to 50 patrol boats for

Vietnam Coast Guard takes delivery of Metal Shark patrol boats

MAY 25, 2017 — Six new military patrol boats built by Louisiana shipbuilder Metal Shark have been delivered to the Vietnam Coast Guard. The welded-aluminum Metal Shark 45-foot Defiant pilothouse patrol vessels

SAFE Boats and COTECMAR in co-production agreement

MARCH 16, 2017 — SAFE Boats International LLC of Bremerton. WA, reports that it has signed an agreement with Colombia’s COTECMAR shipyard to co-produce aluminum vessels for use by the Colombian military

Swiftships awarded $15 million FMS contract

JUNE 28, 2016 — Swiftships LLC, Morgan City, LA, is being awarded a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for 28-m coastal patrol craft production material kits, 4.7-meter rigid inflatable boats, forward looking infrared system,

Damen delivers security patrol boats to Nigeria

MAY 15, 2016 — Nigeria’s C&I Leasing Plc has taken delivery of four Damen SPa 1605 ballistic-protected security patrol vessels, following successful sea trials. They will be used to provide security patrol

MTU America gets $6.8 million FMS award

DECEMBER 20, 2015 — MTU America Inc., Novi, Michigan, is being awarded a $6,868,800 firm-fixed-price contract for three shipsets of propulsion system hardware and two spare marine gears for the Israeli Navy

Australia to build 21 patrol boats for its neighbors

MARCH 6, 2015 — Australia’s Minister of Defence, Kevin Andrews, today, issued a statement announcing the Request for Tender (RFT) for up to 21 replacement – Australian-made – Pacific Patrol Boats under

Gondan books order for two patrol boats

JULY 28, 2014 — Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan has signed a contract with the Spanish Guardia Civil for the construction of two patrol vessels. With an overall length of 20.5 m and

BMT partners with Turkish yard on Bahrain patrol boats

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 — U.K. based BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has again partnered with Turkey’s Ares Shipyard. This time BMT and Ares will design and build six

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