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developed from the Kamewa A3 series, allows 7.62mm and 12.7mm guns.
turning at high speed. An improved reversing ‘bucket’ The new order adds to Austal’s current patrol craft
system provides reversing efficiency of up to 65% of contracts, which include six high-speed vessels for
forward thrust. The waterjet’s lightweight design is the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and three
achieved through a combination of an aluminium patrol catamarans for the Queensland Police. Austal
frame and an inlet duct manufactured from welded also has contracts to design and build the US Navy’s
aluminium sheet. This production method also 127m Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and 103m Joint
gives improved anti-corrosion characteristics and High Speed Vessel (JHSV).
allows the waterjet to be customised to meet customer Managing Director Bob Browning said Austal was
requirements. fielding increased interest from countries seeking fast
and economical aluminium patrol craft for protec-
Patrol Boats tion against modern-day coastal border security
Austal secures
threats. “Following significant patrol boat deliveries
to countries including Yemen, Kuwait and Australia,
Malta deal
Austal is pleased to add Malta to its growing defence
customer base while making important inroads
Austal has secured its first European defence contract into the traditionally self-reliant European defence
with an order for four 21.2m inshore patrol craft – market,” Browning said.
including training and spares support – with the Austal was awarded the contract following a
Armed Forces of Malta (AFM). The vessels will be competitive international tender process, which
built at Austal’s Australian facilities and are scheduled called for a proven design that addressed specific
for delivery by the end of the year. AFM requirements, as well as meeting a demand-
Intended to assist the AFM with surveillance ing delivery schedule. Once completed, the order
and border protection throughout Malta’s coastal will bring Austal’s total number of defence vessels to HMC00D9202, WarshipTechnology, 210 x 148 mm, MN 06-04-2009
waters, the vessels will have a maximum speed of more than 60, including the 14 Armidale class patrol
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Schwarz 210 mm
more than 26kts and will be capable of supporting boats built for the Royal Australian Navy, 10 vessels
Classification
International safety body marks first year
international conference and exhibition on
To develop a common safety standard for naval vessels – the Naval ship Code – several navies
and classification societies have joined together to form the International Naval Safety Association
maritime security and defence hamburg
(INSA), which has just completed its first year of operation.
The NATO group MCG/6 established a specialist team in June 2004 to consider the development
of a Naval Ship Code to provide a naval alternative to SOLAS. The result of four years of work by
navies and classification societies is the NATO document ANEP77, which is soon to be published.
INSA will work with NATO MCG/6 to develop, maintain and promote the application of this
document.
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The aim of INSA is to develop, maintain and promote adoption and application of the Naval
Ship Code, and to capture feedback from the Code’s application.
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It is the vision of the INSA that the Naval Ship Code becomes established as a cost-effective
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goal-based framework for naval ship safety and environmental assurance, benchmarked against
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statute, and accepted by the global naval community and intergovernmental bodies.
148 mm
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INSA’s inaugural meeting took place in April 2008 in London. At this meeting nine navies and
eight classification societies agreed to take forward the work of the NATO specialist team and
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establish the INSA. The first Annual General Meeting took place 21-22 October 2008, where
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the founding members of INSA were formally recognised and work started on developing and 
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updating the code in light of recent experience on a number of naval projects.
Denis Pattison of the UK Ministry of Defence, Chair of the INSA, said: “The Naval Ship Code
represents a step forward in the development of a common baseline for naval ship safety and
the INSA provides a unique collective resource from around the world to address the associated
technical issues.”
Details on the work of INSA are available on the website www.navalshipcode.org. For further
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information please contact the secretariat: secretariat@navalshipcode.org.
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