Turkey: ANADOLU Shipyard Steps Up Prep for LST Project

ANADOLU Shipyard has accelerated its prep works for the Turkish LST project in the last weeks of the year. The contract negotiations with Italian gun manufacturer OTO Melara were conducted to a successful end during the December.

Thus a supply contract is signed between ANADOLU Shipyard and OTO Melara for the sourcing of 40 mm Fast Forty Single Naval Mount.

The shipyard has signed a contract with Turkish SSM (Undersecretariat of Defense Industries) to manufacture and build two LSTs (Landing Ship Tank). The Project Implementation Schedule has not started yet as the necessary finances were not provided. However ANADOLU Shipyard has intensified its work on the preparation of the LST project as contract negotiations were well advanced with ASELSAN and HAVELSAN, two flag ship companies of Turkish Foundation of Armed Forces.

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Press Release,  January 4, 2013