Several officers and members of the sailing crew arrive in France for familiarization training for the PCG’s first offshore patrol vessel BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV 8301). The team will conduct two-month vessel familiarization training in Les Sables-d’Olonne in France. Some personnel from the Coast Guard Surface Support Force and Coast Guard Weapons, Communications, Electronics and […]
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The Philippine government has acquired on Wednesday two more 44m class patrol vessels and four more 7m class high-speed boats during a commissioning and handover ceremony at the Headquarters of the Philippine Coast Guard in Manila. Japan Ambassador Koji Haneda attended the event, together with Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and PCG Commandant Rear Admiral Elson […]
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British company’s Shorts Brothers and now owned by the Bombardier Aerospace produced the Sherpa C-23B+. US Army used the Sherpa C-23B+ type of aircraft since 1985. The aircraft is capable of landing in soft surface small airfields. It is a medium transport aircraft that can provide troops airdrop, cargo transport, and aeromedical evacuation. The plane can […]
Read More The Philippine Coast Guard boats are manned by 25 crewmen, and the vessel replicate the design based on the Bizan class used by the Japanese Coast Guard. Powered by two MTU 12V 4000 M93L engines, the MRRV’s cruising speed is 15 knots and it has a range of 1,500 nautical miles.
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MANILA, May 13 (PNA) — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) wants two of the 10 multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) it has ordered from Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) to be upgraded from the 40-meter to the 80-meter class. This was disclosed by PCG spokesperson Cmdr. Armand Balilo in an interview with the PNA. He added […]
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