Regulateurs Europa Refit Controls For Trinidad and Tobago Coastguard
Regulaters Europa won the contract to supply a new control and monitoring system for the Trinidad and Tobago Coastguard. The contract, from Devonport Management Ltd., to supply a system for the 436 ft. patrol vessel Cascadura. The scope of the supply includes a new machinery control room desk, Viking 22 Propulsion Control Panel, wheelhouse drop-in-plate and open bridge plate. The Viking 22 propulsion control panel will replace the existing mechanical/hydraulic governors, and will provide digital governing for propulsion control as well as alarm and monitoring capabilities, including the starting and stopping of the prime mover and the clutch engagement.
VT Group to Build Offshore Patrol Vessels
Support services and shipbuilding company VT Group has been contracted to build and manage three (3) Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), including associated training and long-term maintenance support, that are to be supplied to Trinidad. The program, which was part of a proposal from the Government of the United Kingdom and VT Group to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, is valued at more than $201m. Contracts were signed in Trinidad on Thursday April 5. Design work will start immediately on the 295 ft. ships, which will be used for a range of Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) management, special operations and maritime law enforcement tasks. They will be operated by the Trinidad and Tobago Coastguard and the first ship will be handed over in 2009.
