SHAH ALAM: T7 Marine Sdn Bhd – the wholly owned subsidiary of listed T7 Global – has signed an MOU with Japanese company, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co. Ltd (MES) to collaborate in various activities and explore new business opportunities for supply of ships to Vietnam People’s Navy and Vietnam Coast Guard.
The MOU was signed on 27 August, said T7 Global in an announcement to Bursa Malaysia. The salient terms of the MOU.
KD Jebat at LIMA 2019. Zaq Sayuti.
The Agreement is established to record the Parties’ intention and understanding to collaborate in various business activities and explore new business opportunitiesfor supply of ships to Vietnam People’s navy and Vietnam Coast Guard.
The Agreement will provide opportunities for the Parties to establish collaboration based on the respective party’s expertise and strengths to explore opportunitiesfor shipand/or vessel business in Vietnam. The Agreement also aims at obtaining business for supply of the ships from the Vietnam People’s Navy and Vietnam Coast Guard.
T7 Marine is the company behind the CMS upgrade for the KD Jebat which was announced in 2019. T7 Marine holds 40 per cent of the JV company while Marine Crest Technology Bhd and Indian firm, C2C-DB Systems Pvt Ltd, hold 30 per cent stake each.
JSMDF Aegis destroyer Fuyuzuki built by MES. MES
And although Jebat had been undergoing the refit to install the CMS since last year, it appears that the ship is not yet ready for duty as only her sister ship, KD Lekiu, has been on patrol since early April as part of Op Benteng, the multi agency task force assigned to prevent the intrusion of Malaysian borders from criminals and illegal immigrants.
KD Lekiu CMS crew conducting a live firing exercise off Langkawi. KD Lekiu FB
The MOU between T7 Marine and MES also came in the wake of reports that Vietnam had agreed to get a loan from Japan to buy six coast guard ships from the latter.
Vietnam on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to borrow 36.63 billion yen ($348.2 million) to build six patrol vessels, state media reported, amid rising tensions in the South China Sea.
MES which build destroyers for the Japanese maritime self-defence force ships and the coast guards is likely one of the shipbuilders vying to build the ships destined for Vietnam. And if, they – T7 and MES – gets the Vietnamese contract or even the losing finalist, who is to say that they will also not pursue the same deal for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency or the Marine police or even the RMN requirements?
— Malaysian Defence
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Does T7 even have a shipyard locally?
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Do they need one
The same Mitsui that proposed an LPD design for RMN’s MRSS contract ?
@ marhalim
some errors in your report.
“And although Jebat had been undergoing the refit to install the CMS since last year, it appears that the ship is not yet ready for duty as only her sister ship, KD Lekiu, has been on patrol since early April as part of Op Benteng, the multi agency task force assigned to prevent the intrusion of Malaysian borders from criminals and illegal immigrants.”
Actually both KD Jebat and KD Lekiu is involved with Ops Benteng.
http://www.mod.gov.my/ms/mediamenu/berita/728-op-benteng-kd-jebat-tingkat-rondaan-banteras-kemasukan-pati-di-selat-melaka
http://mobile.twitter.com/kdjebat29/status/1279992085865611264
http://mobile.twitter.com/KD_LekiuFFGH30/status/1275987496032075777
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Yes but Jebat only sailed around Lumut
“Do they need one”
If they are in it to build ships here, yes.
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Not really if its a loan deal as with Vietnam
“Not really if its a loan deal”
Then what is T7 involvement in this if everything is handled by the Japs? Unlikely the new ships on proposal would be using Vibrant CMS right?
On why South China Sea is very important economically
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Why it is important to defend our EEZ and all the resources that is available for us to exploit, and to ensure safe passage of maritime trade transits through it.
Also why we must seriously look into developing and expanding our fishing fleet. There is no use of defending a resource if we are not taking advantage of it.
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“There is no use of defending a resource if we are not taking advantage of it.”
This I fully agree. No point to spend sums of money to defend something we cannot make use.
“Also why we must seriously look into developing and expanding our fishing fleet. There is no use of defending a resource if we are not taking advantage of it.”
We have to keep up defending our EEZ because the resource under the seabed (who knows there is oil,gas,minerals there) and the future livehood of our fishermen.