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Ridzwan Rahmat
- PT PAL and Boustead Naval Shipyard have agreed to collaborate on a possible multirole support ship contract
- Agreement may see the Royal Malaysian Navy's first LPD-like ship being constructed in Indonesia
Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) to construct Malaysia's first multirole support ship (MRSS) in Indonesia.
The MOU was signed on 2 November at the Indo Defence 2016 exhibition in Jakarta, and paves the way for PT PAL to work on its first-ever project for a Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) vessel, if the contract is awarded to BNS.
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