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Steel for the Royal Australian Navy\u2019s first offshore patrol vessel is being cut in Western Australia and trucked to Adelaide where construction is set to begin next week.<\/p>\n

The vessel is the first of 12 OPVs based on the PV80 design of the German shipbuilder L\u00fcrssen. It\u2019s one of two OPVs to be built at ASC\u2019s Osborne shipyard. The remaining 10 vessels will be built in the Henderson yard of WA-based Civmec. The steel, from Australian mills, is cut by Civmec and taken by road to South Australia.<\/p>\n

The 1,700-tonne OPVs, 80 metres long and capable of 22 knots, will ultimately replace the navy\u2019s Armidale-class and Cape-class patrol boats, coastal minehunters and survey ships.<\/p>\n

L\u00fcrssen chief executive Peter L\u00fcrssen told The Strategist<\/em> that Australian officials had completed their review of the design, and assembly of the ships was on schedule for the promised mid-November start date. The first plates to arrive at the Osborne yard gate were those for the first ship\u2019s double bottom, and truckloads would continue until Christmas, L\u00fcrssen said. \u00a0\u2018Because the OPV is only 80 metres, we build the whole length deck by deck. Because we don\u2019t have to cut steel, we can put more people onto assembly so that helps get more people into work earlier.\u2019<\/p>\n

The first OPV is scheduled to be launched in Adelaide in the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n

L\u00fcrssen rejected concerns that Civmec has not built ships previously. \u2018They are very well trained and equipped for steel construction. If you go to their headquarters, interestingly enough, you can see a section of a submarine they built to demonstrate how good they are. This is really good quality. They have done fantastic work in steel.\u2019 That included structures designed to function under great pressure in very deep water.<\/p>\n

\u2018They know what this is all about. The rest is a skill base that we will develop together.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Henderson area, south of Perth, had a strong shipbuilding history, so L\u00fcrssen was confident of finding enough expert personnel for the OPV project. Australian engineers would be taken to the company\u2019s yards in Germany to gain further experience in design and construction.<\/p>\n

L\u00fcrssen said he was happy with the relationship that was developing with ASC. \u2018Everything\u2019s scheduled and on track. We have full agreement on price, terms and conditions. It took a little longer than with others, but that, I think, is understandable because ASC is not in an easy position.\u2019 ASC, he said, was in the midst of a reorganisation and plant construction. \u2018I’ve seen this happen to other companies and it was more complicated. So everything\u2019s on track there.\u2019<\/p>\n

Building two ships in South Australia and the other 10 in WA was not a big issue, L\u00fcrssen said.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s all possible, and it\u2019s not complicated as long as you know the distribution of the work early on in the contract. And it was always made clear to us that two will be built in Adelaide, and then 10 in WA. And this was easy because when you start in the beginning, you can plan for it.\u2019<\/p>\n

The split build is intended to keep the South Australian shipbuilding workforce employed in the time between the end of construction of the navy\u2019s three air warfare destroyers and the start of work on nine new frigates.<\/p>\n

During the competition for the OPV contract, L\u00fcrssen raised the prospect of exporting naval vessels from WA, so how realistic was that?<\/p>\n

\u2018Absolutely. We are talking to a number of countries already\u2014and we are actively promoting Australia as the builder.\u2019<\/p>\n

L\u00fcrssen had already been talking to the Philippines about the possibility of building six OPVs for its navy. Discussions were also underway with two other countries, but it was too early to name them at this stage, L\u00fcrssen said. \u2018When you talk to a client, then you are in a front-running position. You don\u2019t want to share that information with others.<\/p>\n

\u2018A chicken should only make noise when the egg is there and not way before that. So you will hear us talk about things when we\u2019ve got things to say.\u2019<\/p>\n

He said his company was one of five or six from Australia and abroad which had responded to a request for information about the project from the Philippines navy.<\/p>\n

\u2018We clearly made the case that a number of ships need to be built in Australia to familiarise the Philippines people with the build techniques, and then they can continue the contract in the Philippines.\u2019<\/p>\n

L\u00fcrssen said his company would have the resources to run two such projects simultaneously. It won the Australian competition on technical quality and overall performance, so of course it was hopeful, he said. \u2018We will put our best effort forward together with our Australian partners to win the competition.\u2019<\/p>\n

WA-based Austal has already shown strong interest in the Philippines contract and L\u00fcrssen said the other companies involved came from Britain, Italy and South Korea.<\/p>\n

The OPVs will undertake what the navy refers to as \u2018constabulary missions\u2019 and maritime patrols and they are intended to be ready to respond quickly to emergencies.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll be equipped with state-of-the-art sensors and command and communication systems that will allow them to operate alongside Australian Border Force vessels, other Australian Defence Force units and vessels of regional partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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