Feature 5 | OFFSHORE PATROL VESSELS
Damen FISVs to protect Angolan fishing grounds
In February, Damen in Te Netherlands announced that the first of three 1022tonne fishery inspection and surveillance vessels (FISV) for Angola’s Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries had been launched at its shipyard in Galati, Romania.
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he vessel, which is to be named Ngola Kiluange, is a Damen 6210 FISV, and is one of two vessels
that are being built for the West African country, along with another, somewhat smaller, 28m Damen 2810 Fishery Research Vessel (FRV). Te FISVs will be used to strengthen
Angola’s control over its fishing grounds and to counter illegal fishing. Under a regional programme, which is part of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Angola collaborates with Namibia and South Africa in order to protect and conduct surveillance of their fishing grounds. Angola has a 1650km coastline and
has particularly rich fishing grounds, as do its neighbours. Under the SADC programme, the three countries have been operating joint fisheries patrols since mid-2005. Angola’s National Fisheries Authority
currently operates a modest fleet of 21 fisheries patrol vessels including 10 patrol boats acquired from China in 2010 at a reported US$62 million. Five of these are 47.4m, 322tonne Rei class patrol craſt and five are 30.07m, 107tonne Commandante class craſt that were built by Jianlong shipbuilding in China. Te addition of the larger vessels will therefore provide the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries with a significant boost. Teir greater endurance will enable them to remain on station for a much longer period of time and give them the ability to stage small helicopters, thereby increasing surveillance capabilities very considerably. With support from Damen Gorinchem
in The Netherlands, the FISVs will be outfitted and completed in Galati. Several Romanian companies in the Galati area
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The first of Angola’s new FISVs was launched in late 2011 at Damen’s shipyard in Galati, Romania.
will provide equipment for the vessels. Te furniture onboard is being supplied by Helmers, electrical equipment by Eekels Romania, with coatings by Muelhan and air conditioning and ventilation by Johnson Control with the support of De Haan Galati.
Sustainable investment Te FISVs and FRV are co-financed by ING Bank and the Dutch Government under the auspices of a now-discontinued programme run by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs called ORET. The ORET programme supported sustainable investment in infrastructure projects in developing countries. In order to ensure that Angola can
maintain the vessels and keep them operational throughout their service lives, education, training and the provision of financial reserves for maintenance and spares were also parts of the ORET deal. Damen’s Cape Town Shipyard will support the vessels with spares, maintenance and provide crew training. The vessels, which are due to be
delivered by December 2012, will be used for fisheries patrol and inspection,
search and rescue (SAR), towing and salvage and firefighting, if required. To this end, the FISVs have a 30tonne bollard pull and two firefighting pumps rated at 300m3
/hour. The vessels will be fitted with a
Monicap Fisheries Vessel Monitoring System including fleet broadband satellite communication system supplied by INOV in Portugal. Tey will also be fitted with X-band and S-band radars. The new Angolan vessels will have medical facilities on board and a 6.7m boat with which to conduct boardings. Te flight deck is rated for light helicopters with a maximum take-off weight of 3tonnes. Built to DNV class the 6210 FSIVs
will have a length of 61.94m, a beam of 9.70m and a draught of 3.25m. Two MTU 16V 4000 M70 engines, each rated at 2320kW at 2000rpm, will drive two controllable-pitch propellers, giving them a maximum speed of 17knots. A bow thruster is also fitted. The ships’ complement is 45 persons. In a statement issued in April, Damen
said the second FISV 6210, Nzinga Mbandi, had also recently been launched at Damen Shipyards Galati. WT
Warship Technology May 2012
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