Navantia Signs a Contract to Modernise Two Patrol Vessels for Angolan Navy
Navantia has signed in Angola a contract to repair and modernise two Mandume-class patrol vessels for the Angolan Navy. The work will take place at the San Fernando (Cádiz) shipyard.
The contract, signed with Simportex, the Angolan state-owned company responsible for procurement for the Ministry of Defence, involves the modernisation of the patrol vessels Golfinho and Atlântico, built at the Spanish state-owned Empresa Nacional Bazán – now Navantia – in the early 1990s.
This order from the Angolan government marks another step forward in Navantia’s international defence market for its Repairs and Services business area, particularly in Africa, where commercial efforts are being made to support navies in modernising their existing ships.
In addition, the contract includes training for a number of officers of the Angolan Navy in Spain, as well as two years of life-cycle support and knowledge transfer to the Navy to enable the maintenance of the vessels in Angola.
Signing: Alvaro Lobo (Navantia Commercial director for Africa) and General Luis Manuel da Fonseca Sotto Maior Pizarro (President of Simportex)
About Navantia
With a history of more than 300 years linked to the construction of ships for the Navy, Navantia is a state-owned and strategic technology company for the defence of Spain. Its areas of specialisation range from shipbuilding (surface and submarine) to the design and integration of systems with a high technological content, life cycle support and high value-added services. Additionally, with its brand Navantia Seanergies, it is a global supplier for the development of offshore wind energy and other green energies such as hydrogen. Navantia employs 7,000 people directly in Spain, the UK, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
Committed to building a safe and sustainable future through technological excellence and industrial collaboration, Navantia has contracts with Governments and companies around the world and ties with universities and technological and academic centres. It contributes to sustainability and innovation through its daily commitment to people and the planet, with responsible practices from the point of view of labour, the environment and economic and technological development that are viable regionally, nationally and internationally. Sociedad Española de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) owns 100% of it, and SEPI is attached to the Ministry of Finance of Spain.
