SHAH ALAM: In the previous article on the first MMEA boat to under the re-powering and refit programmer (RRP), there were many details that we did not know. Now further details were released following the delivery of KM Sebatik – pennant number 2958 – another Gemia class patrol boat which underwent the same programme.
According to a release by MMEA, Sebatik and five other MMEA patrol boats – including KM Peringgi – underwent the RRP in late 2022 under RM17.4 million budget allocated by the government – likely from the 2023 budget. This means the upgrading cost of each ship is around RM3.48 million.
Based on this, we can assume that the money allocated in the 2025 budget for the repowering and refit of six patrol boats will be around RM20 million. It is RM150 million actually (see the graphic below)
Under the RRP, majority of the patrol boats selected will have its major equipment from the main engines, generators, electronics, berthing facilities and others replaced with new ones. The upgraded ships will also be equipped with a RHIB to facilitate boarding of ships and search and rescue operations.
The KAA Oerlikon 20mm cannon on the Sebatik and Peringgi were also retained. The 20mm cannon were main the armament of the Gemia class which were PX patrol boats of the Marine Police which were transferred to MMEA – in the case of Sebatik since 2011. Sebatik RRP was conducted at the OBM Technic Sdn Bhd shipyard in Kuala Terengganu.
𝗞𝗠 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗞 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗜 𝗦𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗞𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗔
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𝗞𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗨, 𝟮𝟮 𝗢𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 – Kapal Peronda Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (Maritim Malaysia), Kapal Maritim (KM) SEBATIK hari ini bakal kembali menggalas tanggungjawab dalam memastikan keamanan dan kesejahteraan perairan negara selepas hampir dua tahun menjalani proses repowering jentera utama dan refit di Limbungan OBM Technic Sdn Bhd, Kuala Terengganu.
Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Logistik Maritim Malaysia, Laksamana Madya Maritim Datuk Saiful Lizan bin Ibrahim berkata program repowering dan refit merupakan inisiatif yang diambil oleh Maritim Malaysia bagi meningkatkan jangka hayat kapal yang membabitkan proses modenisasi bagi kapal-kapal yang telah berusia dengan penambahbaikan serta pertukaran sebahagian besar komponen kapal, antaranya jentera utama, janakuasa, sistem elektronik, akamodasi dan lain-lain.
Beliau berkata demikian dalam Majlis Penyerahan KM SEBATIK bagi Perolehan Repowering Jentera Utama Dan Refit yang berlangsung di Limbungan OBM Technic Sdn. Bhd, Kuala Terengganu, hari ini.
Kapal berukuran 29 meter panjang dengan lebar 6 meter dan seberat 150 tan ini telah dibina di Penang Shipbuilding Corporation Sdn Bhd pada tahun 1982 bagi kegunaan Pasukan Polis Marin ketika itu dengan panggilan PX33.
Kapal berkenaan kemudiannya ini diserahkan kepada Maritim Malaysia bagi meneruskan khidmat baktinya kepada negara bermula pada tahun 2011 dan telah dikelaskan sebagai kapal peronda kelas Gemia dengan menggunakan nombor pennant 2958.
Setelah hampir 40 tahun menabur bakti, KM SEBATIK dilihat perlu menjalani pembaikan demi memastikan kesiagaan aset berkenaan bagi sebarang kemungkinan khususnya melibatkan keselamatan perairan negara.
Program repowering jentera utama dan refit bagi KM SEBATIK telah berjalan selama 22 bulan bermula Disember 2022 lalu antaranya membabitkan penukaran sistem jentera utama yang baharu iaitu model CUMMINS QSK60 bagi mengantikan jentera utama yang lama untuk mencapai kelajuan yang lebih tinggi serta penggunaan bahan bakar yang lebih efisien, pemasangan sistem Mist Eliminator Louvre Engine Room terbaharu bagi membantu melancarkan sistem pengudaraan di dalam bilik jentera serta dilengkapkan dengan peralatan komunikasi dan navigasi yang lebih moden dan berteknologi tinggi seperti marine radar SIMRAD X Band bagi memastikan pemantauan keselamatan dan kesejahteraan maritim secara lebih meluas.
“Sistem persenjataan utama kapal iaitu meriam 20mm KAA Oerlikon turut dikekalkan dan disenggara agar berada pada tahap terbaik, latihan teori pengendalian dan praktikal telah diberikan kepada kru di samping latihan penembakan meriam membabitkan aset-aset dari kelas yang sama di Perairan Terengganu dalam masa terdekat untuk memastikan keupayaan serta kebolehfungsian meriam jenis ini,” ujarnya lagi.
Terdahulu Datuk Saiful Lizan turut merakamkan ucapan terima kasih kepada Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN), Kementerian Kewangan (MOF) dan juga Kementerian Ekonomi atas sokongan yang telah diberikan kepada Maritim Malaysia selama ini.
KM SEBATIK merupakan salah satu daripada lima aset yang menjalani Program Repowering Jentera Utama dan Refit di mana pada hujung tahun 2022, Kerajaan telah memberikan suntikan peruntukan berjumlah RM17.4 juta bagi memastikan projek repowering jentera utama dan refit dapat dilaksanakan.
Meanwhile, it appears that KM Pekan, one of the two OPVs donated by Japan to MMEA, is active and now berthed at the Kuantan port. This is based on two social media posts on her within the last three days.
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View Comments (37)
@ marhalim
That is not a rust line.
It is just a normal dirty stain to a white painted hull caused by staying too long in the muddy river water.
If the antifouling bottom paint is painted 1-2 inch higher, the stain would not be too obvious.
It can be cleaned by pressure wash no issues.
Is it worthwhile to upgrade each boat for RM3.5m when a new one would be around the same figure?
The Indonesian KCR is around RM8.6m
The government is unwilling to pay for new build and willing to pay the amount to local shipyards. Buying the KCR meant that we will paying foreign companies money.
>KCR
>aluminium hull
wow what a load of nothing
KCR is RM8.6 mil? I think that should be USD, not RM, and that is for the first few early KCR just the ship w/o weapons , radar, FCR or combat systems
RM3.5m (less than USD0.85 mil) for a refit of a 29m boat with new engines, new radar and navigation electronics is a reasonable price.
A brand new boat, such as the PDRM PA50 25m patrol boat would cost around USD3.3 mil (price in 2009)
https://www.malaysiandefence.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PDRM.jpg
The KM Sebatik is a Brooke Marine 29m patrol boat design ordered in 1980 for PDRM from PSC shipyard Pulau Jerejak. Delivered to PDRM as PX33 (Juang) in 1982.
This class of boats has been sucessfully built n exported to middle eas5 customers by our Sarawak builders. Just built new ones
@hulubalang It could be chepaer if they went with Yanmar marine engine and Furuno radar. I don't trust chinese made marine engine or radar so even if we can go even lower, Yanmar and Furuno combo is the lowest we should go
Alex - ". I don’t trust chinese made marine engine or radar"
There are high and low end radars. When it comes to missike and radar tech; the Chinese are quite advanced.
Alex - ", Yanmar and Furuno combo is the lowest we should go"
Both are hardly "cutting edge" but from those with direct experience using them; reliable and do what they're intended to do. Worth their cost. Same with low end or entry level Kelvin Hughes stuff.
On 2 kapal peronda generasi baharu for RM160 million. latest Bernama news article mentioned this as NGPC, so it seems that PMX maybe missread his script and said NGPV.
The original NGPC contract was for 6 boats, aselsan smash 30mm guns, FLIR turrets, Fulmar UAVs are for RM381.3 million back in 2015.
I believe we could get at least 3 40m boat for RM160 million.
Below picture is the FCS 4008 Patrol built by DAMEN Antalya Turkiye for Romanian Border Guard. It would be a perfect ship for next batches of NGPCs.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGjck2AWcAAoWCC.jpg
Specs
Length – 41.2m
Top speed – 30 knots
range at TOP SPEED (yes not a typo) – 2,800nm. Yes it can run around chasing others at 30 knots for 2,800nm
British Royal Navy bought a similar FCS4008 as its experimental test vessel for just £7 million
https://www.navylookout.com/royal-navy-takes-delivery-of-new-experimental-vessel/
To ensure a proper project control and build (no more failures like OPV 1800 project), this NGPC project for APMM could be embedded into PETRONAS Project Safina, leveraging PETRONAS expertise in shipbuilding project management, and using local shipyards that are to PETRONAS own exacting standards.
https://theedgemalaysia.com/content/advertise/bringing-waves-of-opportunity-for-malaysia-marine-industries
I was told that a tender will be held for the new NGPC. As with the OPV the matter is now with the ministry.
KDN can pass the project and budget to PETRONAS, and let PETRONAS manage it by adding the 2 NGPC into its own Project Safina.
PETRONAS has done this before, for BM5, BM6, KA Tun Azizan and PL Tun Sharifah Rodziah. So this is not something unprecedented.
... - "To ensure a proper project control and build (no more failures like OPV 1800 project), this NGPC project for APMM could be embedded into PETRONAS Project Safina"
Since that's unlikely they should do what should have been done; due diligence to ensure the company awarded the contract is financially sound and to have someone watching over then from start to finish to ensure contractual obligations are met.