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  • ST Marine Delivers 141m Landing Platform Dock to Royal Thai Navy

    Singapore, 3 April 2012 – ST Marine today held a ceremony for preliminary acceptance and delivery of the 141m Landing Platform Dock (LPD), which it designed and built for Royal Thai Navy at its Benoi yard. The ceremony held in the morning was graced by Admiral Surasak Rounroengrom, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, and His Excellency Mr Marut Jitpatima, Ambassador of Thailand to Singapore.

    The design of the LPD is proprietary to ST Marine and is based on its Endurance Class of LPDs. The design is proven by the four 141m Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) that ST Marine built for theRepublicofSingapore Navy. The LSTs have been deployed successfully on many occasions to provide peacekeeping duties in the Gulf, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts during the 2004 Indonesian tsunami and more recently as part of the international anti-piracy Combined Task Force in the Gulf of Aden.

    With a displacement of about 7600 tonnes, the LPD has a well-dock with a stern as well as a side ramp designed for expedient embarkation and disembarkation of equipment and personnel. This versatile vessel is capable of supporting myriad missions, ranging from sea transportation, naval support operations, civil search and rescue to disaster relief missions. To support these missions, its heli-deck can land up to two medium-sized helicopters of about 10-tonnes each.

    ST Marine secured this contract worth some S$200m, to design and build this LPD as well as two units of 23m Landing Craft Mechanised and two units of 13m Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel. Work for the LPD commenced in mid 2009 and the vessel was launched in March last year. After going through the mandatory and comprehensive acceptance sea trials, the LPD is now ready to sail to its base in Thailand for the final acceptance trials. Final delivery of the LPD is expected to be by 2Q2012.

    “I would like to express my sincere gratitude to ST Marine for their efficient supervision and construction of the ship as well as their kind support to the Royal Thai Navy personnel throughout the period when they were working here at the yard.” ~ Admiral Surasak Rounroengrom, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Thai Navy

    “ST Marine has always pride itself on our design capability as well as being able to deliver quality ships and excellent services to our customers. Through this LPD programme, we hope to be able to continue to build on our precious relationships with the Kingdom of Thailand and Royal Thai Navy in the years to come. We are very proud that we have once again delivered on our promise.” ~ NG Sing Chan, President, ST Marine


    ST Marine (Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd), the marine arm of ST Engineering, provides turnkey building, repair and conversion services for a wide spectrum of naval and commercial vessels. In shipbuilding, it has the proven capabilities to provide turnkey solutions from concept definition to detailed design, construction, on-board system installation and integration, testing, commissioning to through-life support. It has also established a track record in providing high engineering content shiprepair and ship conversion services for a worldwide clientele. ST Marine also provides a suite of sustainable environmental engineering solutions via its environmental engineering subsidiaries led by STSE Engineering Services Pte Ltd (STSE). Please visit www.stengg.com.

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    • Possible concept?



      LOA: 100m
      Beam: 16.5m


      Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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      • Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
        too much Blue and not enough Green?

        if Largs Bay was too much MRV and not enough OPV, this looks to be too much OPV and not enough MRV. i accept that its a difficult balance to strike, in that you have two very different design philosophies to get into one ship (one thats all about sea-keeping in dreadful weather, and another thats all about having masses of space below decks, easy access to that space for bulky, heavy items, and a big flat bit at the back to operate Helicopters from), but that ship is 100m long already, how big would it be after you put the plug in that would allow it to take a Coy Group with vehicles and stores?

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        • I get nervous every time I see those cut outs for the ships boats so low to the water after the New Zealand experience.
          Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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          • The Vigor's RHIB alcove isn't as low as the Canterbury's alcove. By the way the Canterbury will have her alcove moved higher to eliminate the problem by next summer. Her seven months remedial work has already started. I can't wait to see photos of her after her remedial work is done. The $177 million mentioned is in New Zealand dollars, and at the time she was built would be $110 million in US dollars.



            Canterbury was designed to a commercial design and is about half the price of the Singapore built LPD Thailand bought. For the money invested, New Zealand did very well buying and adopting a ferry design.
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            • Singapore and Indonesia have offered designs of their new landing ships to the Philippines, and now South Korea has offered their newly designed LST II design. Notice she has a very similar appearance to the New Zealand MRV Canterbury and the relocation of the RHIBs. South Korea intends to acquire four LST IIs before 2016, and have them in service by 2018.



              South Korea was going to build their new LSTs with a ship similar in appearance to an Aussie Newport LST. But the costs got out of hand and they decided to go with a cheaper design. They also preferred the location of the two cranes aft end of the helicopter hangar instead of one crane forward of the bridge. Price for four LST IIs, USD 250 million, or $62.5 million each. South Korea Hanjin Shipyards can build ships for less than the Dutch Merwede shipyard.

              Last edited by Sea Toby; 7 December 2012, 06:35.

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              • While not within the required dimensions, FASSMER have come up with an interesting concept which fulfils some of the extra roles assigned to an EPV



                Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                • Given the lenght of time (6 years) since the RFP for the EPV was issued, it makes sense for them to ask for new proposals, and also rethink what they want.

                  They might place more of an emphasis on maratime security missions, like off Somalia, in the new tender?

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                  • Originally posted by paul g View Post
                    They might place more of an emphasis on maratime security missions, like off Somalia, in the new tender?
                    But what about peace? Won't anybody think of our neutrality!
                    "It is a general popular error to imagine that loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for it's welfare" Edmund Burke

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                    • Originally posted by Come-quickly View Post
                      our neutrality!
                      I always laugh when people say that.

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                      • Originally posted by Come-quickly View Post
                        But what about peace? Won't anybody think of our neutrality!
                        I am not sure what your point is.

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                        • I think CQ is repreating the oft used wail heard when any suggesting of spending on defence beyond the absolute bare minimum required is suggested.
                          Our Neutrality has been used as an excuse to not invest in defence since the cold war, while other neutral states saw it as an excuse to invest heavily in defence.


                          Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                          • HMNZS Canterbury remediation finished and done

                            The Canterbury has had her remediation work done. Notice the RHIBs alcove has been relocated under the helicopter hangar more forward and up from the previous location. All of which was funded by the agreement with BAE. The final ballast was also added to give her much more stability in rough seas.

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                            • Great to see. Hopefully the ship will now be able to fulfil the expectations.
                              It's part and parcel of a new concept that only the entry into service exposes the shortcomings. We had it with the P20 class, who's successors gained displacement, relocated boarding boats and other changes. To a lesser extent lessons learnt from Roisin have been incorporated into Samuel Beckett.
                              One wonders what we could have done with Eithne if others of the class were built.


                              Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                              • DAMEN presents CROSSOVER ultimate mission modular naval concept




                                Fully developed to execute current tasks and cater for future capabilities, the Damen CROSSOVER is the ultimate mission modular naval concept. Pivotal to this innovative solution is the so-called X-Deck - a single, flexible deck to handle, store, operate and deploy mission equipment, fast RHIBs, as well as landing craft.


                                The brand-new Crossover- or 'XO' design is something of a hybrid between a larger Sigma-class frigate, a Holland Class OPV and a small ENFORCER® LPD”, says René Hoogenboom, Product Manager of Naval Auxiliaries & Amphibious Support Ships, at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. He explains: "The market wants multi-functionality. Vessels need to be adequately armed for missions requiring higher levels of force, but they also need to be equipped for humanitarian and maritime security/safety missions. The XO can be equipped with the armament of a frigate, but also has facilities for an on-board mobile hospital. If required, it can carry landing craft and high-speed inflatable boats, both using the XO’s 'back door'. "The Crossover can also be dispatched on lone missions, carrying Special Forces to execute raids on terrorist' strongholds. Pivotal in the design is the central multi-functional area, the X-deck, at the stern of the ship. It accommodates launching high-speed inflatable boats and deploying landing craft, but also facilitates Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) and Crane loading of cargo and vehicles through the access doors.

                                Given its versatility, the XO is like a Swiss Army knife. Being a unique vessel of its kind, finding comparison in the market is hard. Some designs launched earlier had their flaws, for example either being far too large or lacking essential deployment- and access facilities, such as a slipway, side hatches and davits. These features represent the very core elements where the Crossover development started from. Hoogenboom: "When designing the various mission modules and selecting their possible -elements, such as the unmanned aeroplanes and mine-countermeasure equipment, we closely examined the systems already tested and available on the market." Consequently, despite its futuristic appearance, the XO should be free of any teething troubles.

                                In the case of these flexible vessels, we were particularly keen to develop a class that is “multi-functional” without becoming “multi-useless." This meant carefully balancing all the design- and equipment options versus the impact on the total ship concept performance.” Basically, the series provides a platform where space, weight, handling and access provisions can be scaled to the customers’ needs and thereby gaining the required flexibility that is needed to “future proof” their ships.

                                Thanks to a high level of automation, only a small crew is required, thus limiting the life-cycle costs.
                                The vessels in the XO 'family' are relatively small: the XO115 numbers 115 metres in length and displaces 4500 tonnes. The largest XO137 measures 137 metres in length and weighs 5600 tonnes. The Crossover Series is scheduled for release in 2014.
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