2023-03-17 16:49 UTC

Argentina Orders New Landing Ship

The Argentinian Minister of Defence, Jorge Taiana, and the Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, have signed a contract to build a multipurpose landing ship, a polar ship, and a floating dock, in addition to upgrading a MEKO 140 corvette for the Argentine Navy, all to be carried out at the TANDANOR and Río Santiago shipyards.

Also during todays meetings with the @Armada_Arg, the Argentine head of the MoD signed deals with Tandanor and Río Santiago shipyards for building a multipurpose landing ship and a floating dock(?).

The agreement also includes the new polar ship and corvette modernization. pic.twitter.com/zqp11zubzG
— SA_Defensa (@SA_Defensa) March 9, 2023

The aim of this agreement is to improve the Argentine Navy's abilities and strengthen publicly owned shipyards. Jorge Taiana, Minister of Defence, commented: “Today we are signing a very important agreement, because it seeks to recover the capabilities of our Armed Forces.

The construction of a multipurpose ship will allow us to provide a better and faster response to any emergency or natural catastrophe.

In addition, we are going to have a new floating dock in a strategic place in bicontinental Argentina such as the integrated Naval Base of Ushuaia, which will allow not only to repair our ships with lower costs, but will also provide the possibility for the country to attend to emergencies involving vessels of other flags.

These projects articulate a working link between the two public companies, TANDANOR and Río Santiago, which is also part of our objective, to continue working in a network of public and private companies that contribute their capabilities for the production of Defense.”