OPEN// Navy receives first RAstar 3200 ASD tug from Alexandria Shipyard Co.
CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Vice Admiral Ashraf Atwa, Commander of the Navy and Chairman of the Marine Industries and Services Organization (MAISO) has witnessed the handover of "Ras El Hikma" tug of the Azimuth type "RAstar 3200 ASD" — the first of three tugs being built for the Egyptian Navy.
The tug was built at the Alexandria Shipyard in cooperation with the French classification society BV, under a contract agreement between the Navy and the Alexandria Shipyard Company.
This comes in light of the political leadership's directives for localizing national industries and the Armed Forces General Command's commitment to continuously developing military capabilities and equipment. (MENA)
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