The Philippine Coast Guard’s morale nowadays is
high.
Specially now that reports came in that its biggest
Offshore Patrol vessel (OPV) the soon to be named BRP Gabriela Silang is
scheduled to be delivered to the country this coming December. The ship was launched recently in France.
The France shipbuilder OCEA made the 83.6 meter OPV
270 under the Philippine Ports and Philippine Coast Guard Capability (PP-PCG)
Development Project with Department of Transportation (DOTR) as the head agency.
PCG's soon to be BRP Gabriela Silang |
“It was signed into contract last 09 September 2014
with contract cost of €97,032,507 equivalent to Php 5,593,623,382.06,” PCG
said. “To finance the implementation of this project, President Rodrigo Duterte
issued Presidential Authority on January 10,2017 authorizing Department of
Finance Secretary Carlos G Dominguez to enter into financing agreement with BNP
Paribas (France).”
Also included in the PP-PCG Development Project are
the four Boracay-class 24-meter patrol boats BRP Boracay,
BRP Panglao, BRP Malamawi, and BRP Kalanggaman also built by
OCEA which are already in active PCG service.
As per PCG, BRP Gabriella Silang will be utilized
for patrol duties in the disputed West Philippine Sea, Benham Rise and in other
anti-piracy and terrorism campaigns of the government in the southern
Philippines.
BRP Gabriela Silang is said to be the largest
aluminum made OPV in the world, among its features are: mission management
system (MMS) with dedicated command and control center, which integrates
vessel’s sensors such as radars, automatic identification system (AIS),
communications equipment, surveillance equipment, day and night vision camera,
etc; two onboard 9-meter Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs); and hybrid
diesel-electric type main engine.
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