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The Indonesian Navy plans to acquire 24 guided-missile fast boats to be deployed in shallow waters in the western part of the country, a top Navy officer said on Wednesday.

Assistant for planning to the Navy chief of staff, Rear Adm. Sumartono, said the Navy had confirmed the order for the 24 patrol boats.

“When we will buy them depends on the Defense Ministry’s financial ability,” he told reporters.

“They will be deployed in the western part of Indonesia and in North Sulawesi.”

Sumartono was speaking at the sidelines of a visit by Deputy Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin to privately-owned shipyard PT Palindo Marine’s facilities in Tanjung Uncang, Batam, in Riau Islands.

The company has delivered two guided-missile fast boats, KRI Clurit and KRI Kujang, to the Navy and is working on a third boat. Each boat, worth Rp 73 billion (US$7.98 million), has a top speed of 30 knots.

Palindo director Harmanto said the production of the boats was 45 percent locally sourced.

“We use special steel from state-owned steelmaker PT Krakatau Steel for the bows and hull,” he said.

The 40-meter boats come with Chinese C-705 anti-ship missiles with a range up to 120 kilometers, a six-barrel 30-millimeter close-in weapons system and two 20-millimeter guns.

Meanwhile, Sjafrie said that private shipyards were better than state-owned ones in conducting transfer of technology (ToT) processes for naval platforms.

He said that state-owned shipyard PT PAL should copy the practices of private shipyards such as in workers’ recruitment and payment to improve their performance.

Sjafrie emphasized that PT PAL had to start recruiting young workers in their 20s to be ready for ToT in the manufacture of submarines.

Indonesia has ordered three submarines from Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea worth $1.07 billion. The third submarine will be built at PT PAL’s facilities in Surabaya.

“PT PAL has to be restructured so that its human resources can compete with those of private companies,” Sjafrie said.

“Fresh graduate engineers should be paid at least Rp 5 million per month while vocational school graduates Rp 3 million.”

Sjafrie stressed that there was no longer a monopoly in naval systems and the private sector had the same opportunities to win contracts as long as the requirements were met.

Also in the entourage were the ministry’s Defense Facilities Agency chief, Maj. Gen. Ediwan Prabowo, former navy chief Adm. (ret) Sumardjono, PT PAL management as well as ministry officials.

In addition to PT Palindo Marine, the group also visited PT Citra Shipyard and PT Bandar Abadi to
observe their facilities.

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　加纳通讯社2月21日报道，加纳总统约翰·埃文斯·阿塔·米尔斯已经委托该国国防部以及粮食与农业部(MOFA)，从中国订购4艘快速巡逻艇，从而有效增强监视其海域的能力，保护石油与天然气等沿海资源。此外，加纳还将从今年开始，使用中国的贷款在该国沿海建造14个登陆海滩。

　　报道称，这四艘巡逻艇分别是“巴利卡”号（GNS Blika）、“嘎林嘎”号（GNS Garinga）、“柴姆勒”号（GNS Chemle）以及“恩沃”号（GNS Enwor）。米尔斯总统表示，当前，运输部、加纳海事局以及国防部正在沿该国整个海岸建造“船舶交通监控和信息系统”（VTMIS）。他说，该系统将包括沿海雷达站和指挥与控制中心，这会增强该国有效监视沿海水域的能力。他说：“等该系统全部完工并且获得海军舰艇以及海上巡逻机的补充后，我们应该能够提高对本国领海的行动控制，而且，加纳可能不久便会接收2艘新近翻新的前德国海上快速飞机，现在这2架飞机正在德国接受改装。”

　　报道称，米尔斯总统称，由荷兰Messrs Damen公司实施的“船台修复项目”以及德国MTU公司负责的“MTU试验台项目”也将完工并投入使用。他说，这些项目会加纳海军能够进行日常停靠、在当地开展周期性改装，从而节省将这些工作交由国外公司执行所需的数百万外汇。米尔斯总统指出，同样地，这些设备也将用来支持当地的渔船以及其他参与石油和天然气工业行动的船只。他说：“投资重新装备海军和其他安全机构应该被视为一种手段，用以维护其他部门发展所需的和平与安全氛围。”

　　报道称，加纳国防部长约瑟夫·亨利·史密斯（Joseph Henry Smith）中将表示，加纳粮食与农业部所购的2艘快速巡逻艇将专门用来在海上执行渔业法规及法律。他还称赞了粮食与农业部，他们与国防部开展广泛合作以确保海上法律与秩序。据加纳海军参谋长马修·夸希（Matthew Quashie）少将透露，在过去32年的时间里，加纳海军一直没有列装新舰船。他说，该国从中国的订购的这4艘快速巡逻艇是以加－阿丹格贝族（Ga-Adangbe）、达格邦族(Dagbon)、阿肯族（Ahanta）以及耶威族（Ewe）方言中毒蛇的名字命名的，现在加纳海军能够以更好的姿态保护其包括石油与天然气设施在内的海洋资源。加纳粮食与农业部长奎西·阿赫沃伊（Kwesi Ahwoi）指出，加纳还将从今年开始，利用中国贷款在加纳不同的地区建造14个登陆海滩。中国保利集团总经理张振高表示，他希望这些巡逻艇能够大幅增强加纳海军的海上巡逻能力，并且为保护加纳领海做出贡献。（春风）

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