Norway Chooses DSME Korean Shipyard To Build Its Largest Navy Vessel

Norway has picked a South Korean shipyard and a British design to provide its navy with a new logistics and support vessel.
Norweyhas selected Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) to build the 26,000-ton vessel at its yard in South Korea, using BMT Defence Services AEGIR replenishment vessel design.
The Anglo-Korean team last year won a deal to equip the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary with four tankers using another variant of the AEGIR family of support vessels.
Delivery of the vessel, which will be the largest in the Norwegian Navy, is scheduled for October 2016.
The vessel will be able to deliver a range of wet and dry stores and will provide support to a Norwegian task group and other roles.
DMSE was selected as the preferred bidder in April, having beat off competition from several rival yards from Europe and South Korea.
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