A steel cutting ceremony of 2nd Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV-II), being constructed for Pakistan Navy, was held at M/s DAMEN Shipyard Galati, Romania. Ambassador of Pakistan to Romania Safdar Hayat was chief guest on the occasion, said a Pakistan Navy (PN) press release issued here Wednesday.
Among others, the ceremony was attended by Rear Admiral Faisal Rasul Lodhi, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (Operations) along with officials from the Ministry of Defence Production and Naval Headquarters, besides senior management of the DAMEN Shipyards, Gorinchem (Netherlands) and Galati (Romania). Contract for the second state of the art, multi-purpose Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV-I & II) for Pakistan Navy, was signed between Ministry of Defence Production and the DAMEN, Netherlands in 2017.
The OPVs will significantly enhance the combat capabilities and capacity for peace and war time operations of the Pakistan Navy. The Ambassador highlighted that August 14 is a historic and important day for Pakistan as the nation was celebrating its 71st Independence Day. On this auspicious day, steel cutting ceremony of 2nd OPV has added more colour to national celebrations, he expressed.
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