Australian Navy's newest boats made in China

[Halcyon66]

Australian Navy's newest boats made in China

A new fleet of tug boats ordered for the Australian Navy by the Defence Department were secretly built at a Chinese shipyard under a $28 million contract awarded last year to a Dutch company.

www.abc.net.au

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[GTX]

They are just tugboats. Hardly worth getting worked up over.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Should still be at least some heads flying though. Especially since outright fraud seems to have been involved.

 

[GTX]

Especially since outright fraud seems to have been involved.

Where exactly??

 

[Halcyon66]

Damen seems to be getting in more trouble.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/prosecutors-accuse-dutch-shipbuilder-damen-corruption-violating-sanctions-2025-04-25/

Prosecutors accuse Dutch shipbuilder Damen of corruption, violating sanctions

Dutch prosecutors said on Friday they had summoned Damen Shipyards on suspicion of violating EU sanctions against Russia and opened a separate case against the

www.bairdmaritime.com

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[GTX]

Damen seems to be getting in more trouble.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/prosecutors-accuse-dutch-shipbuilder-damen-corruption-violating-sanctions-2025-04-25/

Prosecutors accuse Dutch shipbuilder Damen of corruption, violating sanctions

Dutch prosecutors said on Friday they had summoned Damen Shipyards on suspicion of violating EU sanctions against Russia and opened a separate case against the

www.bairdmaritime.com

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Totally unrelated to the topic of this thread.

 

[Scott Kenny]

That's what you get for hiring the lowest bidder...

I somehow doubt that Oz workers could stay within 150% of the Chinese workers price for what is bluntly a commercial off the shelf buy. It's a tugboat FFS. Those are pretty standard, whether civilian or military. The only difference is which radios are installed.

 

[GTX]

They will also not be Royal Australian Navy vessels, and will also be operated and crewed by a civilian vessel operator.