{"id":564,"date":"2018-11-16T04:41:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T04:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=564"},"modified":"2018-11-16T04:41:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T04:41:49","slug":"opv-construction-commences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/11\/16\/opv-construction-commences\/","title":{"rendered":"OPV construction commences"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a momentous day for Australia\u2019s national shipbuilding endeavor, construction has commenced on the Navy\u2019s new Offshore Patrol Vessels at Osborne in South Australia.<\/span>
\nThe Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, said the multi-billion dollar project will see 12 OPVs delivered.<\/span>
\nThe OPVs will have an important role protecting our borders and will provide greater range and endurance than the existing patrol boat fleet.
\n\u201cThe OPV project is expected to create up to 1000 direct and indirect jobs,\u201d said Minister Pyne.
\nThe first two vessels will be built at Osborne before Civmec starts constructing the next 10 at Henderson in Western Australia.
\nMinister Pyne said ASC Shipbuilding will use its expertise gained through the Air Warfare Destroyer program to build the first two OPVs.
\n\u201cThese new vessels are being built in Australian facilities, with Australian steel, and by Australian workers.\u201d
\n\u201cOnly a year ago we announced L\u00fcrssen was the preferred tenderer.\u201d
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic achievement to start construction on time and on budget and I\u2019d like to thank everyone involved in the project.\u201d
\nThe Government\u2019s $90 billion dollar continuous naval shipbuilding program is the largest and most ambitious capital investment ever undertaken in Australia.
\n\u201cThis investment is about more than building ships, submarines and shipyards because it will establish an Australian sovereign capability.\u201d
\n\u201cThe continuous shipbuilding program will act as a catalyst for industry growth which will secure thousands of Australian jobs for decades.\u201d
\n\u201cThis is truly a national endeavour, with the Federal Government laying the foundations for an Australia-wide sovereign naval shipbuilding enterprise.\u201d
\nThe OPVs will be built using Australian steel, creating Australian jobs. The steel used today in construction is from the same batch cut by the Prime Minister in Henderson just a few weeks ago, demonstrating the Government\u2019s commitment to the naval shipbuilding program and Australian jobs.
\n\u201cOur commitment ends the boom-bust cycle which has afflicted the Australian naval shipbuilding and sustainment industry in the past.\u201d
\nThe Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Mathias Cormann said that ASC\u2019s shipbuilding capacity has continued to grow from strength to strength since the Government initiated the Air Warfare Destroyer reform program in 2014.
\n\u201cOver the past few years ASC has demonstrated its capacity to deliver high quality vessels for the Royal Australian Navy.
\n\u201cASC\u2019s workforce has already delivered two state-of-the-art Air Warfare Destroyers, with a third due next year. They are also exceeding their performance benchmarks in support of our Collins Class submarine fleet.\u201d
\n\u201cWe look forward to ASC continuing their strong work on the first two Offshore Patrol Vessels that begin construction today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a momentous day for Australia\u2019s national shipbuilding endeavor, construction has commenced on the Navy\u2019s new Offshore Patrol Vessels at Osborne in South Australia. The Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, said the multi-billion dollar project will see 12 OPVs delivered. The OPVs will have an important role protecting our borders and will … Continue reading “OPV construction commences”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}