Alstom Wins French Navy Contract
July 31, 2001
Alstom SA secured a contract from military shipbuilder Direction des Constructions Navales to help build two military transport vessels for the French armed forces. Alstom's Chantiers de l'Atlantique yard on France's west coast will provide forward accommodation sections for the 200-m ships, designed to transport 450 military personnel. The vessels, to be delivered in the second quarter of 2005 and the first quarter of 2006, would each house six helicopter pads and four smaller barges in which troops would disembark. Alstom did not disclose a price for the contract but said that the work carried out on the two ships would be equivalent to that involved in building one medium-sized cruise ship. - (Reuters)
Related News
Gulf Intercoastal Waterway Closed After Barge Strikes Bridge in Galveston
Van Oord Launches Giant Offshore Wind Installation Vessel
Russia Steps in After India Drops Safety Cover for Sanctioned Vessels
Silversea Takes Delivery of New Cruise Ship Silver Ray
UK Confirms It Will Build Six New Warships