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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

High Speed Caribbean Patrol Boats Completed

Austal 30 metre fast patrol platformMaritime security in the Caribbean region has been bolstered with the delivery of six high speed aluminium patrol craft for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG).

Capable of speeds greater than 40 knots and armed with general purpose machine guns and a 20mm cannon, the 30 metre vessels - designed and built by Australian shipbuilder Austal - will expand the TTCG’s surveillance and enforcement capability in the region.

The on-schedule, on-budget delivery of the fleet was achieved less than two years from the initial order, with the final vessels arriving in Trinidad and Tobago via heavy lift ship on January 18.

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