Marsun is Winning Four New Naval Patrol Boat project for Royal Thai Navy

27 April 2022

Marsun M10 Riverine Patrol Boat and M10 Riverine Patrol Boat MKII (photos : AAG)

The Royal Thai Navy's Central Procurement and Price Information Center has published an announcement of a project to build a speedboat to monitor the river. (Excluding weapons systems) in the amount of 4 ships by the Royal Thai Naval Dockyard (RTND: Royal Thai Naval Dockyard) amount 84,012,120 baht ($2,505,056) on January 10, 2022.

The announcement of the winner of the project published in the middle of April, 2022 is Marsun Public Company Limited, with a limit bid. 82,176,000 baht ($2,450,307) The TOR: Terms of Reference has not been published.

It is understood that Marsun PCL Thailand should be awarded a contract to construct a new rapid patrol boat based on the M10 Riverine Patrol Boat and M10 Riverine Patrol Boat MKII designs that a Thai private shipyard designed, developed and built internally  Thailand.

By the River Fleet (RS: Riverine Squadron) has provided 3 boats, boats patrol boats L.161, boat sets, boats L.161, boats. Number of 6 boats (boat L. 164, boat  L.165, boat L.166, boat L.167, boat L.168 and boat L.169)

6 boats patrol boats L.170 boat series (boat L.170, boat L.171, boat L.172, boat L.173, boat L.174 and boat L.175) and boat patrol boats. Lor 176, a total of 6 ships (boat 176, boat 177, boat 178, boat 179, boat 180 and boat 181), etc.

In addition to Marsun Thai Company, there is also Choknamchai Hitech Pressing Co., Ltd., another company that has been awarded a boat building contract. 6 speed boats patrolling the river from the Department of the Naval Dockyard 84.3 million baht ($2,513,640) in fiscal year 2020.

The Naval Fleet, Royal Thai Fleet (RTF: Royal Thai Fleet) is in the process of acquiring a new patrol speed boat to replace the 39 boat patrol boat series L 11 (Patrol Boat, River PBR Mark II) numbering 39 ships in service, coming from the year 1971-1979.

The ships on the river are organized, most of the SRT ships are in the peacekeeping unit along the Mekong River. NRK (previously NDP) and some other task force units At present, many ships of the Royal Thai Police, Lor 11 series boats have been decommissioned.

There are no details about the characteristics of the 4 new SRT ships that Marsun Thai Company has been selected. stating that "Does not include weapons systems", therefore understands that the Thai Navy will arm the ship itself, including M2 HB .50cal heavy machine gun, M240T 7.62mm machine gun and 40mm machine grenade launcher, etc.

Marsun has also been selected for the Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP: Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) Phase 3 project, 2 vessels, proposed for a budget. 30,602,000 baht ($912,484) as well, all of which promote the Thai Navy's boat-building industry in the country.

(AAG)