PAL Indonesia expands into warships

Wed, June 1, 2016 / 03:45 pm

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A BRP Tarlac-601 vessel built for the Philippine government is displayed before its inauguration by Philippine Defense Minister Voltaire T. Gazmin and Philippine Navy chief of staff Vice Adm. Caesar Taccad at the PAL Indonesia commercial dockyard in Surabaya, East Java, in January. The Philippine Navy ordered two warships worth US$90 million. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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Philippine Navy officers prepare for a five-day journey to take the new BRP Tarlac-601 from Surabaya to the Philippines after the launch of the SSV by Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla in Surabaya on May 8. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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Philippine Navy officers stand by on the deck of the BRP Tarlac-601. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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PAL Indonesia displays a 10514-type PKR, named after the KRI RE Martadinata-331, on Jan. 18. The frigate was the first of two warships commissioned by the Indonesian Navy, seen during a trial run for the new unit. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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Workers [top right] inspect a 76-milimeter Super Rapid Gun OTO Melara cannon installed on the 10514 missile-guided destroyer escort belonging to the Navy, on April 4. The cannon was made in Italy. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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PAL Indonesia prepares a Pagerungan tanker vessel at a Semarang dockyard for a trial run on April 30. The liquefied natural gas tanker has a capacity of 17,500 deadweight tonnage. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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A worker observes a 10514 PKR as other staff operate a crane in Semarang, Central Java, on April 4. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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Workers inspect newly installed concrete piles for PAL Indonesia’s submarine construction in Surabaya on April 15. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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A worker carries a steel pipe for a 10514 PKR frigate in Semarang on April 4. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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PAL Indonesia director of production, Edy Widarto [right], and Husky-CNOOC Madura Limited vice president Budiyanto Thomas [second right], watch the first steel-cutting of the Madura BD offshore well head platform [WHP] project in Surabaya on April 30. The WHP, worth $126 million, is PAL Indonesia’s eight offshore project since 2000. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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Workers take a break after completing the construction of a module for a 10514 PKR in Surabaya on April 4. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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Workers complete the 10514 PKR, which was jointly built by PAL Indonesia and Dutch shipbuilder Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding [DSNS] in Surabaya on Aug. 14, 2015. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana
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Workers prepare to install the final parts of the 10514 PKR in Surabaya on Aug. 14, 2015. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana

This year, state shipbuilder PAL Indonesia has taken giant leaps in the global shipbuilding industry by venturing into warship building, an expansion from previously building commercial vessels and tankers.

Currently, the firm is meeting demand for warships such as 60-meter missile-equipped fast boats [KCRs] and 10514 missile-guided destroyer escort frigates [PKRs]. Some vessels are being built in cooperation with shipbuilders from the Netherlands. Recently, PAL Indonesia sent a new Banjarmasin Class landing platform dock vessel and BRP Tarlac-601 strategic sealift vessel [SSV] to the Philippines.

Currently, the firm is also building a Changbogo Class submarine vessel using technology from South Korea. Once it completes the construction of the submarine, it will place itself among the highest ranks of Southeast Asia’s major shipbuilding players. [dmr]

JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana