Launching Ceremony Of State-of-the-art Survey Ship For Pakistan Navy Held At China

The launching ceremony of state-of-the-art 3,000 tonne Survey Vessel, being built for Pakistan Navy, was held at Yang Zong, China, said a press release issued here by Directorate of Public Relations of Pakistan Navy on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Dec, 2018 ) :The launching ceremony of state-of-the-art 3,000 tonne Survey Vessel, being built for Pakistan Navy, was held at Yang zong, China, said a press release issued here by Directorate of Public Relations of Pakistan Navy on Tuesday.

The ship was launched into Yangtze River. Chief Naval Overseer (China), Commodore Azfar Humayun was the chief guest at the ceremony.

The vessel is under construction at Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industries Company Limited China and is the largest survey vessel to be built for Pakistan Navy under Sino-Pak collaboration.

Once completed, the new ship will be one of the most technologically advanced survey vessels of Pakistan Navy and will strengthen Pakistan's marine scientific research capability while providing flexibility to carry out underwater search and localization operations.

While addressing the ceremony, the chief guest highlighted that Pakistan Navy had strong traditions in hydrography and the newly-launched Survey Vessel with its extended endurance and advanced survey equipment would enhance Pakistan's oceanographic survey capability. He also acknowledged concerted efforts made by Bestway Group, Dajin Shipyard and all involved in the project for timely achieving the significant milestone of launching.

Earlier, Chairman of the Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, Zhan Jin Feng welcomed the chief guest and highlighted significance of the project. He expressed his resolve to complete the project in stipulated time to satisfaction of Pakistan Navy. National anthems of both the countries were played on the occasion. After national anthems the ship was launched by the chief guest and Chairman Bestway Group.

The ceremony was attended by Chen Botao, Deputy Mayor of Yang Zhong Municipal Peoples Government, Bill Chen, Vice President of Bureau Veritas (BV) Society in China, Hang You Bing, General Manager Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, Ma Shixiong, President of Bestways Marine & Energy Technology company, Cdr (Retd) Shahzad Amir General Manger Aeroton, Pakistan Navy officials and repesentatives from local government.

The 3000-tonne Survey Ship is 80.8 m in length, equipped with state-of-the-art survey equipment and has an endurance of 50 days operation atsea. After completion of harbour and sea acceptance trials, the survey vesselwill join Pakistan Navy Fleet by August 2019.