SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—With a growing number of repair and maintenance projects from the Philippine Navy and the United States Navy, the Subic Freeport-based ship repair company Subic Drydock Corp. (SDC) is establishing itself as a leading maintenance service provider for the military sector.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—With a growing number of repair and maintenance projects from the Philippine Navy and the United States Navy, the Subic Freeport-based ship repair company Subic Drydock Corp. is establishing itself as a leading maintenance service provider for the military sector.
Diana Ross N. Mazo, SDC’s human resources chief and administrative manager, said the firm’s latest project is the recent overhaul of USNS Millinocket , a Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship based with MSC Far East, which delivers essential supplies, fuel, cargo, and equipment to combat personnel in the Indo-Pacific Region.
The US Department of Defense in a report said Austin’s Subic visit was “a way to highlight opportunities there for defense industrial cooperation by the United States, the Philippines, and other regional allies and partners.” To SC’s credit, overhauling the Millinocket is no mean feat. The 11-year-old vessel is a 338-foot-long aluminum catamaran designed for rapid inter-theater troop transport and sea basing. According to the MSC, it can transport about 600 tons of military troops, supplies and equipment for 1,200 nautical miles at an average speed of 35 knots on jet propulsion.
On the other hand, mid-term availabilities are repair works required for vessels at approximately every 15 months. The regular overhauls are required for MSC ships every five years, according to the MSC in Japan. Aside from Andres Bonifacio, SDC has also made repairs this year on the coastal patrol boat BRP Alfredo Peckson ; the offshore patrol vessels BRP Ramon Alcaraz and BRP Gregorio del Pilar ; and the oceanographic research vessel BRP Gregorio Velasquez .The SDC’s hopes for expanding operations are buoyed by a robust ship repair and maintenance service market worldwide.
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