Keel-laying of offshore patrol vessel
The name of the ship will be selected on the basis of a competition, in which anyone can participate by submitting a proposal by the end of May 2013 at www.raja.fi/nimilaivalle
Scheduled for delivery in November 2013, the 96m-long and 17m-wide vessel is equipped with dual-fuel engines using liquefied natural gas (LNG) and diesel as fuel. The requirements of energy efficiency and safe operation of the vessel in different accident situations have been taken more extensively into account in the design of the ship than earlier, the shipbuilder said.
In addition to border safety and frontier supervision missions, the offshore patrol vessel can be used for maritime search and rescue, military national defence and various underwater assignments both independently and in collaboration with other authorities.
