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Commissioning Just Before LIMA?

SHAH ALAM: It appears that the first MMEA OPV – OPV Tun Fatimah – is expected to be commissioned just before LIMA 23, this May. This was likely following the visit of Home Minister DS Shaifuddin Nasution to TH Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (THHE) shipyard at Pulau Indah in Klang […]

Defence Contract

MOF Loan For MMEA OPV project, Updated

SHAH ALAM: The Ministry of Finance, the Edge reported, has taken over the offshore patrol vessel project from the builder THHE Destini JV. Interestingly, the report also said that the project needed a loan of RM152.6 million from the government to complete the first vessel within this year (which is […]

Malaysian Defence

OPV Tun Fatimah Launched

SHAH ALAM: OPV Tun Fatimah was launched this morning, some five years after its keel was laid. The launch was conducted about 6am at the THHE Fabricators yard, Pulau Indah, Pelabuhan Klang where the three OPVs contracted to the THHE Destini JV are being built. THHE is now the sole […]

Defence Contract

MMEA’s OPV Delayed

SHAH ALAM: MMEA’s OPVs delayed. Home Minister DS Hamzah Zainuddin has confirmed that the MMEA’s three OPVs built by TH Heavy Engineering Bhd are delayed, though he did not reveal the new deliveries dates for them. Hamzah was reported by Bernama as saying that the first OPV – Tun Fatimah […]