With this ship, the Colombian Navy will continue to contribute to the country, through the assistance of the most vulnerable villages on the seas, coasts and rivers of our homeland.
Its construction will led the Navy to use all its available resources and means to contribute to environmental protection and the national response to disasters and emergencies.
The Science and Technology Corporation for the Naval, Maritime and River Industry - COTECMAR, is conducting in the construction of the Colombian Ocean Patrol Ship OPV93 in accordance with the requirement presented by the Colombian Navy.
Since the construction started on March 31st, to date, the first four of 36 blocks projected for this ship have been built, whose 100% Colombian design becomes the first development of its own design by a South American country, representing a milestone within the naval engineering and shipyard industry of the region.
This ship, which has reached 10% progress in its construction today, will become the largest and most technologically complex ship built to date in the country, with a length of 93m (long) and 14m wide, it will have the capacity to carry out maritime interception and border control operations; security and maritime traffic control; search and rescue; environmental control and protection; peace operations and humanitarian aid, as well as disaster response.
Next Monday, July 24, as part of the celebration of the Colombian Navy's Naval Bicentenary, the ceremony of the union the first four blocks of the Colombian Ocean Patrol Ship will be held, marking a significant progress in the construction of the largest and most technologically complex naval project that the country has undertaken. In the same way, the launch of the second Type “A” High Interception Boat and the contract for the design of the first Colombian frigate will be celebrated.
This milestone is part of a project that the Colombian Navy and Cotecmar had been working on since 2007, within the framework of the 2042 Naval Development Plan and a planned and knowledge-intensive industrial process, which will not only fulfill the duty to protect the maritime heritage of all Colombians, but in turn will contribute to the generation of thousands of jobs, the strengthening of productive chains and the promotion of science and technology to toughen the competitiveness and export capacity of the country's ships.
Source: Press - Navy of Colombia
