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DIMDEX
2014 Show Daily - ARES Shipyard, Qatar Coast Guards |
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Qatar
Coast Guard Services orders 17 new fast patrol boats from ARES Shipyard
at DIMDEX 2014
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Today
at DIMDEX 2014, the Naval Defence and Maritime Security exhibition currently
held in Doha, the Qatar Coast Guard Services placed an order for 17
new fast patrol boast from Turkish company ARES Shipyard.
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Deputy of
Director Logistics Department, Brig. Abdullah Saad Al Kharji, representing
the Ministry of Interior for the State of Qatar and Kerim Kalafatoglu,
Chairman & Executive Director for ARES Shipyard signing the Memorandum
of Understanding during DIMDEX 2014 |
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Further expanding
on business relations between Qatar and Turkey, Deputy of Director Logistics
Department, Brig. Abdullah Saad Al Kharji, representing the Ministry of
Interior for the State of Qatar and Kerim Kalafatoglu, Chairman &
Executive Director for ARES Shipyard, today signed an initial Memorandum
of Understanding to deliver 17 new fast patrol boats within the next 56
months for the Qatar Coast Guard Services. ARES Shipyard are a specialist
composite boat builder (though they also build in aluminium and steel)
located on the southern shores of Turkey, in the Antalya Free-Zone.
The deal of 17 vessels consists in 10x "ARES 110 Hercules"
multi-role patrol craft, 5x "ARES 75 Hercules" multi-role
patrol craft and 2x "ARES 150 Hercules" multi-role patrol
craft. These Fast Patrol Boats will be constructed using advanced composite
materials and are expected to be completed within the next 5 years.
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