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French Shipyard Piriou to Build a Polar Logistics Support Vessel for the French Navy & State.
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Shipyard Piriou to Build a Polar Logistics Support Vessel for the French
Navy & State |
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French
Minister of Overseas announced that a 50 Millions Euros contract was
awarded to Piriou
shipyard for the construction of one Polar Logistics Support Vessel
(Navire Logistique Polaire or PLV). This contract was awarded through
the collaboration between several French ministries: Overseas, research
and defense. The PLV will replace the existing L'Albatros patrol
vessel and L'Astrobale ice braker. |
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 Piriou's Polar Logistics Support Vessel (Navire Logistique Polaire or PLV) |
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The
PLV should be based on Reunion island and is expected to be shared between
the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) administration, the French
National Antarctic Program (IPEV) and the French Navy. The PLV is a logistics ship and patrol icebreaker, with an overall length of 72 meter and width of 16 meters that can accommodate up to 60 people on board, carrying 1,200 tons of cargo and accomodate one helicopter. The ship, to be delivered in early summer 2017, will sail to the Indian Ocean in autumn 2017 and the Antarctic Ocean in the winter 2017 for a first refueling campaign of the French polar bases To learn more about Piriou click here |