A Turkish consortium has been selected to cooperate with HSL to build five fleet support vessels, with Turkish TAIS selected last year after becoming the lowest bidder for the FSV contract, which was given the green light in 2016. The Indian navy wants to use these ships to transport fuel and other supplies for its warships at sea. Paul Sweeney, MP for Glasgow North East, debated issues related to the national shipbuilding strategy during a recent debate in Parliament on the UK`s sovereign capacity, where he responded to comments that only “complex warships” should be built in the UK, saying that the construction of support ships had allowed the UK to retain the capacity to build complex warships. , and after having cited the example of the leader of the wave FRG and more recently of the five River-class ships, which turned to the Clyde to support the personnel at the shipyard, he said: TAIS will be responsible for the modernization of the local shipyard, shipbuilding, engineering services, planning and production management , preparing specifications for shipbuilding equipment and main materials. In recent years, huge gas reserves have been discovered in the waters off Cyprus, leading the Cypriot government, Greece, Israel and Egypt to cooperate to make the most of resources. Under the agreement, energy supplies would be transported to Europe via a 2,000 km long pipeline in the Mediterranean. The fleet support project, announced in 2016, aims to provide the Indian Navy with support ships carrying weapons, food, equipment and other items for recharging ships at sea. The consortium of Turkish shipyards led by Anadolu Shipyard was chosen in May as a partner of the Hindustan Shipyard. Anadolu Shipyard is expected to provide design support and equipment for the fleet support contract, estimated at a total value of approximately $2.3 billion. Construction of the first support vessel is expected to be completed in four years.
India has signed a formal contract worth $2.3 billion (about 15,000 kronor) with Turkish SHIPYARDs TAIS to build five 45,000-ton support ships for the Indian navy, the Economic Times reported.
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