Shipbuilding company VT Group has been contracted to build and manage three (3) Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), including associated training and long-term maintenance support, that are to be supplied to the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard.
The programme, which was part of a proposal from the Government of the United Kingdom and VT Group to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, is valued at more than TT$1.92 billion (£150 million). Contracts were signed in early April, 2007.
Official plasma steel plate cutting started on January 23rd 2008 by Her Excellency Mrs. Glenda Morean Phillip, High Commissioner for Trinidad and Tobago on the 90 metre long ships, which will be used for a range of Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) management, special operations and maritime law enforcement tasks. They will be operated by the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and the first ship will be handed over in 2009.
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