French shipbuilder Piriou has delivered the final one of three Walo-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ordered from the company by the Senegalese Navy. Named after a former kingdom that is now part of northern and central Senegal, Cayor was being built by the Kership joint venture formed by...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Niani – Senegalese Navy acquires missile-armed offshore patrol vessel
The Senegalese Navy has taken delivery of the second in a series of three offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built by French shipyard Piriou. Named Niani, the second Walo-class OPV utilises a design developed by the Kership joint venture of Piriou and compatriot shipbuilder the Naval Group. The vessel...
VESSEL REVIEW | Insula Oya III – Inter-island Ro-Pax for Western French operator
The government of the Pays de la Loire region in western France has taken delivery of a new Ro-Pax ferry from local shipyard Piriou. Insula Oya III was designed by Stirling Design International based in Nantes and built jointly by Piriou and Kership as a replacement for an earlier ferry in the...
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | May 4 – Swedish intelligence ship, a Russian submarine and patrol vessels for Senegal and Estonia
The Swedish Royal Navy welcomes a signals intelligence ship into service while construction continues on a Russian Navy attack submarine and a patrol vessel for the Seneg ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Contraalmirante Cordero – Argentine Navy to operate new patrol vessel on border and fisheries enforcement
The Argentine Navy commissioned a newest offshore patrol vessel (OPV) into service on April 11, 2022, shortly following its arrival from France. ARA Contraalmirante Corde ..
French builder lays keel of second minehunter under joint Dutch-Belgian program
French shipbuilder the Naval Group has laid the keel for the second unit in a series of 12 mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels being built as part of a joint program betwe ..
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French builder launches first of three new patrol vessels for Senegalese Navy
French shipbuilder Piriou has launched the lead vessel of a new class of three offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ordered by the Senegalese Navy. The future Walo is being bui ..
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Keel laid for first of 12 new minehunters under joint Belgian-Dutch program
The Naval Group of France laid the keel for a new 82-metre mine countermeasures (MCM) vessel at its Concarneau shipyard on Tuesday, November 30. The vessel is the first o ..
Construction starts on new minehunters for Dutch, Belgian navies
Crist Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland, has held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of 12 new mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels for the Belgian and Roy ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Piedrabuena – French-built OPV for Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy recently took delivery of a new steel-hulled offshore patrol vessel (OPV) from the Kership joint venture formed by French shipbuilders Naval Group and ..